Canton of Lyon-IX

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Former
Canton of Lyon-IX
region Rhône-Alpes
Department Rhône
Arrondissement Lyon
main place Lyon
Dissolution date March 29, 2015
Residents 38,642 (Jan. 1, 2012)
Population density 22,731 inhabitants / km²
surface 1.70 km²
Communities 1
INSEE code 6920

The Canton Lyon-IX was 2015 a French canton in the Arrondissement Lyon and in the French region of Rhône-Alpes . It originally belonged to the Rhône department and included part of the 7th district (French: 7 e 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 Sandrine Runel ( PS ), she succeeded Mireille de Coster (also PS, term of office 2001-2008).

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)