Canton of Marennes

Canton of Marennes
region	Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Department	Charente-Maritime
Arrondissement	Rochefort
Centralisateur bureau	Marennes-Hiers-Brouage
Residents	21,669 (Jan. 1, 2017)
Population density	71 inhabitants / km²
surface	305.77 km²
Communities	13
INSEE code	1710
Location of the canton of Marennes in the Charente-Maritime department

The Canton Marennes is a French canton in the department of Charente-Maritime and in the region Nouvelle-Aquitaine . It comprises 13 municipalities in the Rochefort arrondissement . As part of the nationwide reorganization of the French cantons, it was significantly expanded in spring 2015.

Communities

The canton consists of 13 municipalities with a total of 21,669 inhabitants (as of 2017) on a total area of ​​305.77 km ² :

local community	Residents January 1, 2017	Area km²	Density of population / km²	Code INSEE	Post Code
Beaugeay	779	14.51	54	17036	17620
Bourcefranc-le-Chapus	3,454	12.40	279	17058	17560
Champagne	611	19.53	31	17083	17620
La Gripperie-Saint-Symphorien	593	18.16	33	17184	17620
Le Gua	2,097	36.09	58	17185	17600
Marennes-Hiers-Brouage	6.252	51.44	122	17219	17320
Moëze	564	21.17	27	17237	17780
Nieulle-sur-Seudre	1,227	20.75	59	17265	17600
Saint-Agnant	2,682	22.49	119	17308	17620
Saint Froult	335	6.39	52	17329	17780
Saint-Jean-d'Angle	693	21.61	32	17348	17620
Saint-Just-Luzac	1.993	47.74	42	17351	17320
Saint-Sornin	389	13.49	29	17406	17600
Canton of Marennes	21,669	305.77	71	1710	-

Until the nationwide reorganization of the French cantons in March 2015, the canton of Marennes comprised seven municipalities: Bourcefranc-le-Chapus , Le Gua , Hiers-Brouage , Marennes , Nieulle-sur-Seudre , Saint-Just-Luzac and Saint-Sornin . Its layout corresponded to an area of ​​181.91 km ² . It also had a different INSEE code before 2015 than it does today, namely 1714.

Changes in the community since the nationwide reorganization of the cantons

2019: Merger of Hiers-Brouage and Marennes → Marennes-Hiers-Brouage

politics

Representative in the Department Council
Term of office	Names	Political party
2011-2015	Mickaël Vallet	PS
2015–	Michèle Bazin Mickaël Vallet	Basement

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Décret n ° 2014-269 du 27 février 2014 portant délimitation des cantons dans le département de la Charente-Maritime published in JORF and in Légifrance (French).
2. ↑ Résultats des élections départementales 2015 published on the website of the French Ministry of the Interior (French).