Canton of Moëlan-sur-Mer
| Canton of Moëlan-sur-Mer | |
|---|---|
| region | Brittany |
| Department | Finistère |
| Arrondissement | Quimper |
| main place | Moëlan-sur-Mer |
| Residents | 36,114 (Jan. 1, 2017) |
| Population density | 85 inhabitants / km² |
| surface | 422.47 km² |
| Communities | 8th |
| INSEE code | 2916 |
 Location of the canton of Moëlan-sur-Mer in the Finistère department |
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The Canton Moëlan-sur-Mer (Breton Canton Molan ) is a French canton in the Arrondissement Quimper , in the Finistere region and in the region of Brittany ; its main town is Moëlan-sur-Mer .
history
The canton was created in 2015 with the reorganization of the cantons in France. The communes used to belong to the cantons of Pont-Aven (4 communes), Bannalec (2 communes), Concarneau (1 commune) and Scaër (1 commune).
location
The canton is located in the southeast of the Finistère department.
Communities
The canton of Moëlan-sur-Mer comprises eight municipalities:
| local community | Breton | Population (2017) |
Area (km²) |
Code postal | Code Insee |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bannalec | Banaleg | 5,659 | 77.51 | 29380 | 29004 |
| Le Trévoux | To Treoù-Kernev | 1,606 | 20.83 | 29380 | 29300 |
| Moëlan-sur-Mer | Molan | 6,781 | 47.30 | 29350 | 29150 |
| Névez | Nevez | 2,661 | 25.37 | 29920 | 29153 |
| Pont-Aven | Pont-Aven | 2,801 | 28.63 | 29930 | 29217 |
| Riec-sur-Bélon | Rieg | 4.185 | 54.64 | 29340 | 29236 |
| Scaër | Skaer | 5,380 | 117.58 | 29390 | 29274 |
| Trégunc | Tregon | 7,041 | 50.61 | 29910 | 29293 |
| Canton of Moëlan-sur-Mer | Molan | 36,114 | 422.47 | - | 2916 |
politics
In the first ballot on March 22, 2015, none of the five voting pairs achieved an absolute majority. In the runoff election on March 29, 2015, Claude Jaffré / Muriel Le Gac (both PS) won against Brigitte Bandzwolek Lhonore / Didier Le Duc (both Union de la droite) with a share of the vote of 56.34% (turnout: 50.41 %).
| Representative in the conseil général des départements | ||
|---|---|---|
| Term of office | Surname | Political party |
| 2015– | Claude Jaffré Muriel Le Gac |
PS |