Canton of Louvigné-du-Désert
| Former canton of Louvigné-du-Désert |
|
|---|---|
| region | Brittany |
| Department | Ille-et-Vilaine |
| Arrondissement | Fougères-Vitré |
| main place | Louvigné-du-Désert |
| Establishment date | February 15, 1790 |
| Dissolution date | March 29, 2015 |
| Residents | 8,596 (Jan 1, 2012) |
| Population density | 54 inhabitants / km² |
| surface | 159 km² |
| Communities | 8th |
| INSEE code | 3520 |
The Canton Louvigné-du-Désert was a 2015 French canton in the Arrondissement Fougères-Vitré , in the Ille-et-Vilaine and the region Bretagne ; its main town was Louvigné-du-Désert .
history
The canton was established on February 15, 1790. From 1801 to 2015, eight communes belonged to the canton of Louvigné-du-Désert. With the reorganization of the cantons in France, the canton was dissolved in 2015 and the communes moved to other cantons.
location
The canton was in the northeast of the Ille-et-Vilaine department.
Location of the canton of Louvigné-du-Désert within Brittany
Location of the canton of Louvigné-du-Désert within the Ille-et-Vilaine department
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Communities
The canton of Louvigné-du-Désert consisted of eight municipalities:
| local community | Breton | Population (2017) |
Area (km²) |
Code postal | Code Insee |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| La Bazouge-du-Désert | Bazeleg-an-Dezerzh | 1,087 | 24.60 | 35420 | 35018 |
| Le Ferré | Ferred | 687 | 16.92 | 35420 | 35111 |
| Louvigné-du-Désert | Louvigneg-an-Dezerzh | 3,374 | 41.66 | 35420 | 35162 |
| Mellé | Melleg | 651 | 15.50 | 35420 | 35174 |
| Monthault | Brennaod | 265 | 8.20 | 35420 | 35190 |
| Poilley | Polieg | 378 | 10.78 | 35420 | 35230 |
| Saint-Georges-de-Reintembault | Sant-Jord-Restembaod | 1,498 | 02/31 | 35420 | 35271 |
| Villamée | Gwilavez | 313 | 10.66 | 35420 | 35357 |
| Canton | Louvigneg-an-Dezerzh | 8,596 | 159.34 | - | 3520 |
Population development of the canton
| 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2006 | 2012 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 11,026 | 10,539 | 10,293 | 9,982 | 9,452 | 8,938 | 8,722 | 8,596 |
politics
Until its dissolution, the canton had the following members in the Council of the Départements:
| Representative in the conseil général des départements | ||
|---|---|---|
| Term of office | Surname | Political party |
| 1945–1955 | Francis Briens | DVD |
| 1955-1985 | René de Montigny | MRP , then CDP , then UDF-CDS |
| 1985-1998 | Olivier Ménard | UDF-CDS |
| 1998-2004 | Marie-Françoise Jacq | UDF , then UMP |
| 2004-2011 | Frédéric Bureau | DVD , then Alliance centriste |
| 2011-2015 | Louis Pautrel | UDI |