Canton of Lyon-VI

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Former
Canton of Lyon-VI
region Rhône-Alpes
Department Rhône
Arrondissement Lyon
main place Lyon
Dissolution date March 29, 2015
Residents 23,919 (Jan. 1, 2012)
Population density 9,235 inhabitants / km²
surface 2.59 km²
Communities 1
INSEE code 6917

The Canton Lyon-VI was until 2015 a French canton in the Arrondissement Lyon and the region Rhône-Alpes . It originally belonged to the Rhône department and comprised part of the 6th district (French: 5 e arrondissement ) of Lyon . The canton was abolished when the Métropole de Lyon replaced the Département Rhône as the higher-level regional authority in its catchment area at the turn of 2014/2015 and the cantons lost their function as constituencies. The last representative in the conseil général des Départements was Jean-Jacques David ( DVD - UDI ), he succeeded Dominique Perben ( UMP , term of office 2004–2011).

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)