Canton of Lyon-II

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Former
Canton of Lyon-II
region Rhône-Alpes
Department Rhône
Arrondissement Lyon
main place Lyon
Dissolution date March 29, 2015
Residents 29,209 (Jan. 1, 2012)
Population density 19,344 inhabitants / km²
surface 1.51 km²
Communities 1
INSEE code 6913

The Canton of Lyon II was until 2015 a French canton in the Arrondissement Lyon and the region Rhône-Alpes . It originally belonged to the Rhône department and included the 1st district (French: 1 er arrondissement ) of Lyon . The canton was abolished when, at the turn of the year 2014/2015 , the Métropole de Lyon replaced the Département Rhône as the higher-level regional authority and the cantons lost their function as constituencies. The last representative in the conseil général des Départements was Gilles Buna ( Greens ).

Individual evidence

  1. Ordonnance n ° 2014-1539 du 19 December 2014 relative à l'élection des conseillers métropolitains de Lyon published in JORF and in Légifrance (French)