Canton of Luçon
Canton of Luçon | |
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region | Pays de la Loire |
Department | Vendée |
Arrondissement | Fontenay-le-Comte |
main place | Luçon |
Residents | 32,334 (Jan. 1, 2017) |
Population density | 56 inhabitants / km² |
surface | 575.33 km² |
Communities | 21st |
INSEE code | 8508 |
Location of the canton of Luçon in the Vendée department |
The canton of Luçon is a French administrative unit in the Arrondissement Fontenay-le-Comte , in Vendée and the region Pays de la Loire ; its main town is Luçon . Dominique Suchot ( MPF ) has been a representative in the General Council of the Department since 2001 .
Communities
The canton consists of 21 municipalities with a total of 32,334 inhabitants (as of 2017) on a total area of 575.33 km 2 :
local community | Residents January 1, 2017 |
Area km² |
Density of population / km² |
Code INSEE |
Post Code |
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Chaillé-les-Marais | 1,896 | 40.10 | 47 | 85042 | 85450 |
Champagné-les-Marais | 1,772 | 49.83 | 36 | 85049 | 85450 |
Chasnais | 728 | 10.86 | 67 | 85058 | 85400 |
Greetings | 851 | 47.70 | 18th | 85104 | 85580 |
L'Île-d'Elle | 1,520 | 19.20 | 79 | 85111 | 85770 |
La Taillée | 581 | 11.55 | 50 | 85286 | 85450 |
Lairoux | 619 | 13.31 | 47 | 85117 | 85400 |
Le Gué-de-Velluire | 544 | 12.84 | 42 | 85105 | 85770 |
Les Magnils-Reigniers | 1,576 | 18.07 | 87 | 85131 | 85400 |
Luçon | 9,540 | 31.42 | 304 | 85128 | 85400 |
Moreilles | 422 | 19.79 | 21st | 85149 | 85450 |
Mouzeuil-Saint-Martin | 1,216 | 26.03 | 47 | 85158 | 85370 |
Nalliers | 2,315 | 32.84 | 70 | 85159 | 85370 |
Pouillé | 629 | 17.23 | 37 | 85181 | 85570 |
Puyravault | 663 | 17.25 | 38 | 85185 | 85450 |
Saint-Denis-du-Payré | 385 | 16.31 | 24 | 85207 | 85580 |
Sainte-Gemme-la-Plaine | 2,044 | 35.54 | 58 | 85216 | 85400 |
Saint-Michel-en-l'Herm | 2,352 | 57.85 | 41 | 85255 | 85580 |
Sainte-Radégonde-des-Noyers | 916 | 31.41 | 29 | 85267 | 85450 |
Triaize | 1.010 | 57.15 | 18th | 85297 | 85580 |
Vouillé-les-Marais | 755 | 9.05 | 83 | 85304 | 85450 |
Canton of Luçon | 32,334 | 575.33 | 56 | 8508 | - |
Until the nationwide reorganization of the cantons in March 2015, the canton of Luçon consisted of the ten communes of Chasnais , Grues , L'Aiguillon-sur-Mer , Lairoux , Les Magnils-Reigniers , Luçon , Saint-Denis-du-Payré , Sainte-Gemme- la-Plaine , Saint-Michel-en-l'Herm and Triaize . Its layout corresponded to an area of 294.72 km 2 . Before 2015 it had a different INSEE code than it does today, namely 8511.
Population development
1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2009 |
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16,776 | 17,249 | 17,865 | 18,350 | 19,060 | 19,481 | 21,083 |
Personalities born in the canton of Luçon
The writer François Bon was born in Luçon. Today he lives near Tours, but repeatedly addresses Saint-Michel-en-l'Herm and the Vendée in his works.
Web links
- Political map of the Vendée with the canton of Luçon (before 2015) (PDF file; 2 MB) ( Memento from August 30, 2012 in the Internet Archive )