Canton of Lormont

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Canton of Lormont
region Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Department Gironde
Arrondissement Bordeaux
main place Lormont
Residents 45,479 (Jan. 1, 2017)
Population density 1,089 inhabitants / km²
surface 41.78 km²
Communities 5
INSEE code 3317

Location of the canton of Lormont in
the Gironde department

The Canton Lormont is a French canton in the Arrondissement Bordeaux in the Gironde in the region Nouvelle-Aquitaine .

history

The canton was founded on March 4, 1790 as part of the establishment of the departments as part of what was then the Bordeaux district .

With the establishment of the arrondissements on February 17, 1800, the canton was redesigned as part of what was then the arrondissement of Bordeaux.

See also: History of the Gironde department and History of the Arrondissement of Bordeaux .

Communities

The canton consists of five municipalities with a total of 45,479 inhabitants (as of 2017) on a total area of ​​41.78 km 2 :

local community Residents
January 1, 2017
Area
km²
Density of
population / km²
Code
INSEE
Post Code
Artigues-près-Bordeaux 000000000008639.00000000008,639 7.36 000000000001174.00000000001,174 33013 33370
Bassens 000000000007278.00000000007,278 10.28 000000000000708.0000000000708 33032 33530
Lormont 000000000023538.000000000023,538 7.35 000000000003202.00000000003,202 33249 33310
Montussan 000000000003212.00000000003,212 8.30 000000000000387.0000000000387 33293 33450
Yvrac 000000000002812.00000000002,812 8.49 000000000000331.0000000000331 33554 33370
Canton of Lormont 000000000045479.000000000045,479 41.78 000000000001089.00000000001,089 3317

Until the nationwide reorganization of the French cantons in March 2015, the canton of Lormont included the four municipalities of Artigues-près-Bordeaux , Bassens , Lormont and Saint-Louis-de-Montferrand . Its layout corresponded to an area of ​​57.29 km 2 . Before 2015 it had a different INSEE code than it does today, namely 3360.