Canton of Meslay-du-Maine
| Canton of Meslay-du-Maine | |
|---|---|
| region | Pays de la Loire |
| Department | Mayenne |
| Arrondissement |
Château-Gontier (23 municipalities) Mayenne (12 municipalities) |
| main place | Meslay-du-Maine |
| Residents | 20,999 (Jan. 1, 2017) |
| Population density | 29 inhabitants / km² |
| surface | 719.98 km² |
| Communities | 35 |
| INSEE code | 5315 |
 Location of the canton of Meslay-du-Maine in the Mayenne department |
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The Canton Meslay-du-Maine is a French constituency in the arrondissement Château-Gontier and Mayenne , in Mayenne and the region Pays de la Loire ; its main town is Meslay-du-Maine .
Communities
The canton consists of 35 municipalities with a total of 20,999 inhabitants (as of 2017) on a total area of 719.98 km 2 :
- ↑ Only the area of the former municipality of Saint-Céneré , the rest belongs to the canton of Évron .
Until the state-wide reorganization of the cantons in March 2015, the canton of Meslay-du-Maine consisted of the 14 municipalities of Arquenay , Bannes , Bazougers , Chémeré-le-Roi , Cossé-en-Champagne , Épineux-le-Seguin , La Bazouge-de- Chemeré , La Cropte , Le Bignon-du-Maine , Maisoncelles-du-Maine , Meslay-du-Maine (main town), Saint-Denis-du-Maine , Saint-Georges-le-Fléchard and Saulges . Its layout corresponded to an area of 248.92 km 2 . Before 2015 it had a different INSEE code than it does today, namely 5322.
Changes in the parish since the reorganization in 2015
2017:
- Merger of Blandouet and Saint-Jean-sur-Erve → Blandouet-Saint Jean
- Merger of Montsûrs (canton Évron) and Saint-Céneré → Montsûrs-Saint-Céneré
- Fusion of Ballée and Épineux-le-Seguin → Val-du-Maine
2016:
- Fusion of Chammes and Sainte-Suzanne → Sainte-Suzanne-et-Chammes
Population development
| 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2006 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7,515 | 6,943 | 6,420 | 6,561 | 6,816 | 7,291 | 7,931 |
history
The canton was created in 1801 from the merger of the previous cantons of Chemeré-le-Roi and Meslay (now Meslay-du-Maine) and part of the cantons Parné and Sougé (now Soulgé-sur-Ouette). In the course of the reorganization in 2015, the number of member communities increased from 14 to 37.