Canton of Modane
| Canton of Modane | |
|---|---|
| region | Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes |
| Department | Savoie |
| Arrondissement | Saint-Jean-de-Maurienne |
| main place | Modane |
| Residents | 14,079 (Jan. 1, 2017) |
| Population density | 12 inhabitants / km² |
| surface | 1,171.25 km² |
| Communities | 16 |
| INSEE code | 7310 |
 Location of the canton of Modane in the Savoie department |
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The canton of Modane is a French constituency in the Savoie department in the region of Auvergne Rhône-Alpes . It includes 16 communities in the arrondissement of Saint-Jean-de-Maurienne and has its main town (French: bureau centralisateur ) in Modane . As part of the nationwide reorganization of the cantons in 2015, it expanded and included the municipalities of the dissolved canton of Saint-Michel-de-Maurienne .
Communities
The canton consists of 16 municipalities with a total of 14,079 inhabitants (as of 2017) on a total area of 1171.25 km 2 :
| local community | Residents January 1, 2017 |
Area km² |
Density of population / km² |
Code INSEE |
Post Code |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aussois | 679 | 41.94 | 16 | 73023 | 73500 |
| Avrieux | 388 | 37.85 | 10 | 73026 | 73500 |
| Bessans | 353 | 128.08 | 3 | 73040 | 73480 |
| Bonneval-sur-Arc | 261 | 82.72 | 3 | 73047 | 73480 |
| Fourneaux | 676 | 5.04 | 134 | 73117 | 73500 |
| Freney | 103 | 11.13 | 9 | 73119 | 73500 |
| Modane | 3,097 | 71.04 | 44 | 73157 | 73500 |
| Orelle | 349 | 69.25 | 5 | 73194 | 73140 |
| Saint-André | 457 | 30.84 | 15th | 73223 | 73500 |
| Saint-Martin-d'Arc | 361 | 4.93 | 73 | 73256 | 73140 |
| Saint-Martin-de-la-Porte | 679 | 19.25 | 35 | 73258 | 73140 |
| Saint-Michel-de-Maurienne | 2,461 | 36.31 | 68 | 73261 | 73140 |
| Val-Cenis | 2,088 | 408.05 | 5 | 73290 | 73500 |
| Valloire | 1,083 | 137.48 | 8th | 73306 | 73450 |
| Valmeinier | 515 | 54.26 | 9 | 73307 | 73450 |
| Villarodin-Bourget | 529 | 33.08 | 16 | 73322 | 73500 |
| Canton of Modane | 14,079 | 1,171.25 | 12 | 7310 | - |
Until the reorganization, the 7 municipalities of Aussois , Avrieux , Fourneaux , Freney , Modane , Saint-André and Villarodin-Bourget belonged to the canton of Modane . Its layout corresponded to an area of 230.92 km 2 . Before 2015 it had a different INSEE code than it does today, namely 7317.
Changes in the community since the nationwide reorganization of the cantons
2017: Merger of Bramans , Lanslebourg-Mont-Cenis , Lanslevillard , Sollières-Sardières and Termignon → Val-Cenis
politics
| Representative in the departmental council | ||
|---|---|---|
| Term of office | Names | Political party |
| 2001-2015 | Xavier Lett | PS |
| 2015– | Christian Grange Rozenn Harsa |
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Individual evidence
- ↑ Décret n ° 2014-272 du 27 février 2014 portant délimitation des cantons dans le département de la Savoie published in JORF and in Légifrance (French).