Canton of Murat

Canton of Murat
region	Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Department	Cantal
Arrondissement	Saint-Flour
Centralisateur bureau	Murat
Residents	8,123 (Jan 1, 2017)
Population density	13 inhabitants / km²
surface	629.79 km²
Communities	22nd
INSEE code	1507
Location of the canton of Murat in the Cantal department

The Canton Murat is a French constituency in the region Auvergne Rhône-Alpes . It is located in the arrondissement of Saint-Flour des Départements Cantal . His bureau centralisateur is in Murat .

history

The canton was established on March 4, 1790 as part of what was then the "District de Murat". With the establishment of the arrondissements on February 17, 1800, the canton was assigned to the arrondissement Murat and redesigned. On September 10, 1926, this arrondissement was dissolved and the canton came to the arrondissement of Saint-Flour. From 1801 to 2015, fifteen municipalities belonged to the canton of Murat. The canton was enlarged on March 22, 2015 as part of the reorganization of the cantons. A further twelve municipalities from other cantons were added to the 15 in the old canton of Murat, namely from the cantons of Allanche (11 municipalities) and Saint-Flour-Sud (1 municipality). This is why the canton of Murat has now had 22 municipalities since 2015.

See also : History Cantal  and History Arrondissement Mauriac.

Communities

Canton since 2015

In 2012 the reorganized canton had 8,452 inhabitants in 22 municipalities. They are:

local community	Residents January 1, 2017	Area km²	Density of population / km²	Code INSEE	Post Code
Albepierre-Bredons	246	34.42	7th	15025	15300
Allanche	790	49.89	16	15001	15160
Charmsac	85	15.17	6th	15043	15500
Cheylade	225	32.81	7th	15049	15400
Dienne	273	46.33	6th	15061	15300
Joursac	146	21.11	7th	15080	15170
La Chapelle-d'Alagnon	249	9.20	27	15041	15300
Landeyrat	89	21.28	4th	15091	15160
Laveissenet	130	10.79	12	15100	15300
Laveissière	524	34.93	15th	15101	15300
Lavigerie	107	24.25	4th	15102	15300
Le Claux	181	28.07	6th	15050	15400
Murat	1,878	20.26	93	15138	15300
Neussargues en Pinatelle	1,818	91.98	20th	15141	15170
Peyrusse	153	29.26	5	15151	15170
Pradiers	89	23.61	4th	15155	15160
Saint-Saturnin	205	38.71	5	15213	15190
Ségur-les-Villas	202	26.69	8th	15225	15300
Ussel	479	10.34	46	15244	15300
Vernols	65	24.20	3	15253	15160
Vèze	56	25.46	2	15256	15160
Virargues	133	11.03	12	15263	15300
Canton of Murat	8,123	629.79	13	1507	-

Changes in the community since the nationwide reorganization of the cantons

2017: Merger of Chastel-sur-Murat and Murat → Murat

2016: Fusion of Celles , Chalinargues , Chavagnac , Neussargues-Moissac and Sainte-Anastasie → Neussargues en Pinatelle

Canton Murat until 2015

The old canton of Murat comprised the 15 municipalities of Albepierre-Bredons , Celles , Chalinargues , Chastel-sur-Murat , Chavagnac , Cheylade , Le Claux , Dienne , La Chapelle-d'Alagnon , Laveissenet , Laveissière , Lavigerie , Murat , Neussargues-Moissac and Virargues .

Population development

Population development
year	Residents
1962	8834
1968	8383
1975	7871
1982	7297
1990	7052
1999	6353
2006	6108
2012	5863

Elections to the Council of the Cantal Department

In the elections on March 22, 2015, the pairing of Bernard Delcros / Ghyslaine Pradel ( DVD / Divers) won against Claudette Bout / Patrick Meral ( DVG ) in the first ballot with a share of 78.26% of the votes (turnout: 57.63% ).

Representative in the conseil général des départements
Term of office	Surname	Political party
2015-2021	Bernard Delcros Ghyslaine Pradel	DVD / Divers

Individual evidence

1. ^ The reorganization of the cantons in the Cantal department, Article 8 published in JORF and in Légifrance (French).
2. ↑ Résultats des élections départementales 2015 published on the website of the French Ministry of the Interior (French).