Canton of Marguerittes
| Canton of Marguerittes | |
|---|---|
| region | Occitania |
| Department | Gard |
| Arrondissement | Nîmes |
| main place | Marguerittes |
| Residents | 37,461 (Jan. 1, 2017) |
| Population density | 359 inhabitants / km² |
| surface | 104.41 km² |
| Communities | 7th |
| INSEE code | 3009 |
 Location of the canton of Marguerittes in the Gard department |
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The French canton of Marguerittes is an administrative unit in the Gard department and in the Nîmes arrondissement . Its main town is Marguerittes and until 2015 comprised eight parishes. As a result of a reform of the cantons carried out in 2015, it significantly changed its composition and now includes seven municipalities.
Communities
The canton consisted of seven municipalities:
| local community | Residents January 1, 2017 |
Area km² |
Density of population / km² |
Code INSEE |
Post Code |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bouillargues | 6.328 | 15.77 | 401 | 30047 | 30230 |
| Caissargues | 4.027 | 8.02 | 502 | 30060 | 30132 |
| Garons | 4,895 | 12.28 | 399 | 30125 | 30128 |
| Manduel | 6,814 | 26.46 | 258 | 30155 | 30129 |
| Marguerittes | 8,586 | 25.29 | 340 | 30156 | 30320 |
| Poulx | 3,933 | 11.90 | 331 | 30206 | 30320 |
| Rodilhan | 2,878 | 4.69 | 614 | 30356 | 30230 |
| Canton of Marguerittes | 37,461 | 104.41 | 359 | 3009 | - |
Until the nationwide reorganization of the French cantons in March 2015, the canton of Bagnols-sur-Cèze included the eight municipalities of Bezouce , Cabrières , Lédenon , Manduel , Marguerittes , Poulx , Redessan and Saint-Gervasy . Its layout corresponded to an area of 132.64 km 2 . Before 2015 it had a different INSEE code than it does today, namely 3016.