Canton of Montfort-sur-Meu

Canton of Montfort-sur-Meu
region	Brittany
Department	Ille-et-Vilaine
Arrondissement	Rennes
main place	Montfort-sur-Meu
Establishment date	February 15, 1790
Residents	37,746 (Jan. 1, 2017)
Population density	83 inhabitants / km²
surface	457.52 km²
Communities	15th
INSEE code	3516
Location of the canton of Montfort-sur-Meu in the Ille-et-Vilaine department

The Canton of Montfort-sur-Meu (Breton Canton Moñforzh ) is a French canton in the Arrondissement Rennes , in Ille-et-Vilaine and the region Bretagne ; its main town is Montfort-sur-Meu .

history

The canton was established on February 15, 1790. From 1801 to 2015, eleven municipalities belonged to the canton of Montfort-sur-Meu (until 1993 canton of Montfort). With the reorganization of the cantons in France, the number of communes rose to 15. In 2015, the Clayes commune moved to the Melesse canton , and the La Chapelle-Thouarault and Le Verger communes to the Le Rheu canton . In addition to the 8 remaining communes in the old canton of Montfort-sur-Meu, 7 of the 8 communes in the previous canton of Plélan-le-Grand were added.

location

The canton is located in the west of the Ille-et-Vilaine department.

Communities

Canton since 2015

The canton now comprises 15 municipalities. :

local community	Gallo	Breton	Population  (2017)	Area  (km²)	Code postal	Code Insee
Bédée	Bedésc	Bezeg	4,308	38.95	35137	35023
Breteil	Bertoelh	Pretzel	3,584	14.70	35160	35040
Iffendic	Fendic	Ilfentig	4,469	73.66	35750	35133
La Nouaye	Lanóas	Lanwaz	357	2.77	35137	35203
Maxent	Maczant	Skirioù Masen	1,466	39.72	35380	35169
Monterfil	Mósterfiu	Mousterfil	1,327	16.94	35160	35187
Montfort-sur-Meu	Monfort-Lacann	Moñforzh	6,653	14.02	35160	35188
Paimpont	Penpont	Pemport	1,711	110.28	35380	35211
Plélan-le-Grand	Ploelan	Plelann-Veur	3,949	49.74	35380	35223
Pleumeleuc	Ploemenoec	Pleveleg	3,329	19.51	35137	35227
Saint-Gonlay	Saent-Gólei	Sant-Gonlei	354	9.26	35750	35277
Saint-Péran	Saent-Peran	Sant-Pêran	410	9.37	35380	35305
Saint-Thurial	Saent-Turiau	Sant-Turiav-Porc'hoed	2,084	18.01	35310	35319
Talensac	Talanczac	Talenseg	2,488	21.61	35160	35331
Meeting point	Terfandèu	Trevendel	1,257	18.98	35380	35340
Canton of Montfort-sur-Meu	Monfort-Lacann	Moñforzh	37,746	457.52	-	3516

Canton of Montfort-sur-Meu by 2015

The old canton of Montfort-sur-Meu consisted of eleven communities on an area of ​​213.27 km². These were: Bédée , Breteil , La Chapelle-Thouarault , Clayes , Iffendic , Montfort-sur-Meu (main town), La Nouaye , Pleumeleuc , Saint-Gonlay , Talensac and Le Verger .

Population development

1962	1968	1975	1982	1990	1999	2006	2012
11,311	11,392	13,490	18,756	20,867	22,884	26,047	28,510

politics

In the first ballot on March 22, 2015, none of the four voting pairs achieved an absolute majority. In the runoff election on March 29, 2015, the team Anne-Françoise Courteille (DVG) / Christophe Martins (PRG) won against Frédérique Porcher / Xavier Rodier (both FN ) with a share of the vote of 73.21% (turnout: 52.60%) .

Since 1945 the canton has had the following members of the Council of the Département:

Representative in the conseil général des départements
Term of office	Surname	Political party
1945-1976	Émile Tardif	MRP , then CD
1976-1989	Roger Beaulieu	PS
1989-2008	Victor Préauchat	PS
2008-2015	Christophe Martins	PRG
2015–	Anne-Françoise Courteille Christophe Martins	DVG PRG

Individual evidence

1. ^ Reorganization of the cantons in the Ille-et-Vilaine department, Article 17
2. ↑ Municipalities in the Ille-et-Vilaine département ( Memento of the original from January 31, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  
3. ↑ Results of the two ballots