Canton of Nantua

Canton of Nantua
region	Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Department	Ain
Arrondissement	Nantua
Centralisateur bureau	Nantua
Residents	21,458 (Jan. 1, 2017)
Population density	97 inhabitants / km²
surface	221.44 km²
Communities	17th
INSEE code	0114
Location of the canton of Nantua in the Ain department

The Canton of Nantua is a French canton in the department of Ain in the region Auvergne Rhône-Alpes . It comprises 18 parishes in the Arrondissement of Nantua , its bureau centralisateur is in Nantua . As part of the nationwide reorganization of the French cantons, it was expanded in spring 2015.

Communities

The following 17 municipalities with a total of 21,458 inhabitants (as of 2017) on a total area of ​​221.44 km ^{2 have belonged} to the canton since 2015 :

local community	Residents January 1, 2017	Area km²	Density of population / km²	Code INSEE	Post Code
Apremont	376	14.6	26th	01011	01100
Béard-Géovreissiat	1,051	4.69	224	01170	01460
Belleydoux	314	17.63	18th	01035	01130
Bellignat	3,624	7.83	463	01031	01810
Brion	521	4.48	116	01063	01460
Charix	285	18.27	16	01087	01130
Echallon	757	28.09	27	01152	01130
Géovreisset	874	3.31	264	01171	01100
Groissiat	1,229	6.32	194	01181	01810
Le Poizat-Lalleyriat	720	33.15	22nd	01204	01130
Les Neyrolles	639	9.50	67	01274	01130
Maillat	635	11.31	56	01228	01430
Martignat	1,654	13.25	125	01237	01810
Montréal-la-Cluse	3,435	12.83	268	01265	01460
Nantua	3,446	12.79	269	01269	01460
port	849	4.25	200	01307	01460
Saint-Martin-du-Frêne	1,049	19.14	55	01373	01430
Canton of Nantua	21,458	221.44	97	0114	-

Until the reorganization, the canton of Nantua consisted of the 12 municipalities of Apremont , Béard-Géovreissiat , Brion , Charix , Lalleyriat , Maillat , Montréal-la-Cluse , Nantua , Les Neyrolles , Le Poizat , Port and Saint-Martin-du-Frêne . Its layout corresponded to an area of ​​144.98 km ² . Before 2015 it had a different INSEE code than it does today, namely 0122.

Changes in the community since the nationwide reorganization of the cantons

2016: Merger of Lalleyriat and Le Poizat → Le Poizat-Lalleyriat

Residents

Population development
year	Residents
1962	7,686
1968	8,500
1975	9,477
1982	10,574
1990	12,185
1999	13,181
2006	13 110
2011	13,148

politics

Representative in the conseil général des départements
Term of office	Surname	Political party
2004-2011	Claude Ferry	-
2011-2015	Jean Deguerry	UMP
2015–	Jean Deguerry Natacha Lorillard	UD

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Décret n ° 2014-147 du 13 février 2014 portant délimitation des cantons dans le département de l'Ain 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).