Canton of Montigny-lès-Metz
| Canton of Montigny-lès-Metz | |
|---|---|
| region | Grand Est |
| Department | Moselle |
| Arrondissement | Metz |
| main place | Montigny-lès-Metz |
| Establishment date | August 8, 1967 |
| Residents | 44,968 (Jan. 1, 2017) |
| Population density | 1,547 inhabitants / km² |
| surface | 29.06 km² |
| Communities | 6th |
| INSEE code | 5715 |
 Location of the canton of Montigny-lès-Metz in the Moselle department |
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The canton of Montigny-lès-Metz is a French canton in the arrondissement of Metz , in the department of Moselle and in the region of Grand Est (until 2015 Lorraine ); its capital is Montigny-lès-Metz .
location
The canton is located west of the city of Metz in the Moselle department.
history
The canton was created on August 8, 1967 from parts of what was then the canton of Metz-Campagne. Until 2015, seven municipalities belonged to the canton of Montigny-lès-Metz. With the reorganization of the cantons in France, the number of communes fell to 6. Of the previous 7 communes, only the main town remained. Augny moved to the new canton of Les Coteaux de Moselle , five more municipalities to the new canton of Le Pays messin . However, 4 of the 8 municipalities of the previous canton of Woippy and the municipality of Scy-Gazelles from Verny were added.
Communities
The canton consists of six municipalities with a total of 44,968 inhabitants (as of 2017) on a total area of 29.06 km 2 :
| local community | Dialect patois |
German | Population (2017) |
Area (km²) |
Code postal | Code Insee |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Le Ban-Saint-Martin | - | Saint Martin's ban | 4,341 | 1.59 | 57050 | 57049 |
| Longeville-lès-Metz | Longevelle | Longeville near Metz / Langenheim | 4.030 | 2.71 | 57050 | 57412 |
| Marly | Màly | Marleien | 10,104 | 11.00 | 57155 | 57447 |
| Montigny-lès-Metz | Montgneu | Monteningen | 21,819 | 6.70 | 57950 | 57480 |
| Plappeville | - | Papolsheim | 1,998 | 2.54 | 57050 | 57545 |
| Scy-Chazelles | - | Sigach | 2,676 | 4.52 | 57160 | 57642 |
| Canton of Montigny-lès-Metz | Montgneu | Monteningen | 44,968 | 29.06 | - | - |
Until the nationwide reorganization of the French cantons in March 2015, the canton of Montigny-lès-Metz included the seven municipalities of Augny , Chieulles , Mey , Montigny-lès-Metz (main town), Saint-Julien-lès-Metz , Vantoux and Vany . Its layout corresponded to an area of 36.30 km 2 . Before 2015 it had a different INSEE code than it does today, namely 5720.
Population development in the old canton
| 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2006 | 2012 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 26,702 | 29,020 | 29,558 | 27,711 | 27,981 | 29,890 | 30,135 | 29,066 |
politics
In the first ballot on March 22, 2015, none of the five candidate pairs achieved an absolute majority. In the runoff election on March 29, 2015, the pairing Marie-Louise Kuntz / Lucien Vetsch (both Union de la Droite | UD) won against Maria Albrech / Aymeric Perraud (both FN ) with a share of the vote of 68.66% (turnout: 44, 07%).
Since 1967 the canton has had the following members of the Council of the Département:
| Representative in the conseil général (1) of the département | ||
|---|---|---|
| Term of office | Surname | Political party |
| 1967-1973 | M. Doerflinger | Center democrate |
| 1973-1979 | Maurice Déro | Union des démocrates pour la République (UDR), then RPR |
| 1979-1985 | Jean-Pierre Masseret | PS |
| 1985-1992 | Maurice Déro | RPR |
| 1992-1998 | Raymond Doerflinger | UDF |
| 1998-2010 | Jean-Luc Bohl | DVD , then NC |
| 2011-2015 | Lucien Vetsch | DVD |
| 2015– | Marie-Louise Kuntz Lucien Vetsch |
Union de la Droite |
(1) since 2015 Department Council