Canton of Luçon

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Canton of Luçon
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
Chaillé-les-Marais 000000000001896.00000000001,896 40.10 000000000000047.000000000047 85042 85450
Champagné-les-Marais 000000000001772.00000000001,772 49.83 000000000000036.000000000036 85049 85450
Chasnais 000000000000728.0000000000728 10.86 000000000000067.000000000067 85058 85400
Greetings 000000000000851.0000000000851 47.70 000000000000018.000000000018th 85104 85580
L'Île-d'Elle 000000000001520.00000000001,520 19.20 000000000000079.000000000079 85111 85770
La Taillée 000000000000581.0000000000581 11.55 000000000000050.000000000050 85286 85450
Lairoux 000000000000619.0000000000619 13.31 000000000000047.000000000047 85117 85400
Le Gué-de-Velluire 000000000000544.0000000000544 12.84 000000000000042.000000000042 85105 85770
Les Magnils-Reigniers 000000000001576.00000000001,576 18.07 000000000000087.000000000087 85131 85400
Luçon 000000000009540.00000000009,540 31.42 000000000000304.0000000000304 85128 85400
Moreilles 000000000000422.0000000000422 19.79 000000000000021.000000000021st 85149 85450
Mouzeuil-Saint-Martin 000000000001216.00000000001,216 26.03 000000000000047.000000000047 85158 85370
Nalliers 000000000002315.00000000002,315 32.84 000000000000070.000000000070 85159 85370
Pouillé 000000000000629.0000000000629 17.23 000000000000037.000000000037 85181 85570
Puyravault 000000000000663.0000000000663 17.25 000000000000038.000000000038 85185 85450
Saint-Denis-du-Payré 000000000000385.0000000000385 16.31 000000000000024.000000000024 85207 85580
Sainte-Gemme-la-Plaine 000000000002044.00000000002,044 35.54 000000000000058.000000000058 85216 85400
Saint-Michel-en-l'Herm 000000000002352.00000000002,352 57.85 000000000000041.000000000041 85255 85580
Sainte-Radégonde-des-Noyers 000000000000916.0000000000916 31.41 000000000000029.000000000029 85267 85450
Triaize 000000000001010.00000000001.010 57.15 000000000000018.000000000018th 85297 85580
Vouillé-les-Marais 000000000000755.0000000000755 9.05 000000000000083.000000000083 85304 85450
Canton of Luçon 000000000032334.000000000032,334 575.33 000000000000056.000000000056 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
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.

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Cantons in the Vendée department


Cantons from 2015
(17 cantons)

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