Poligny Canton
| Poligny Canton | |
|---|---|
| region | Bourgogne-Franche-Comté |
| Department | law |
| Arrondissement |
Dole (10 municipalities) Lons-le-Saunier (33 municipalities) |
| main place | Poligny |
| Residents | 17,657 (Jan. 1, 2017) |
| Population density | 46 inhabitants / km² |
| surface | 386.74 km² |
| Communities | 43 |
| INSEE code | 3912 |
 Location of the canton of Poligny in the Jura department |
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The Canton of Poligny is a French constituency in the Jura department in the region of Bourgogne Franche-Comté . It includes 43 communities in the arrondissements of Dole and Lons-le-Saunier and has its main town (French: bureau centralisateur ) in Poligny . As part of the nationwide reorganization of the French cantons, it was significantly expanded in spring 2015.
Communities
The canton consists of 43 municipalities with a total of 17,657 inhabitants (as of 2017) on a total area of 386.74 km 2 :
- ↑ Only the area of the former municipality of Saint-Germain-lès-Arlay , the rest belongs to the canton of Bletterans .
- ↑ Only the area of the former municipality of Domblans , the rest belongs to the canton of Bletterans .
Until the nationwide reorganization of the French cantons in March 2015, the canton of Poligny included the 28 municipalities of Abergement-le-Petit , Aumont , Barretaine , Bersaillin , Besain , Biefmorin , Bonnefontaine , Brainans , Buvilly , Chamole , Champrougier , Chaussenans , Chemenot , Colonne , Fay -en-Montagne , Grozon , Le Chateley , Miéry , Molain , Montholier , Neuvilley , Oussières , Picarreau , Plasne , Poligny , Tourmont , Vaux-sur-Poligny and Villers-les-Bois . Its layout corresponded to an area of 265.74 km 2 . Before 2015 it had a different INSEE code than it does today, namely 3923.
Changes in the community since the nationwide reorganization of the cantons
2019:
- January 1st: Merger of Bréry ( Canton Bletterans ) and Domblans → Domblans
2016:
- January 1: Merger of Arlay ( canton of Bletterans ) and Saint-Germain-lès-Arlay → Arlay
- January 1st: Fusion of Crançot , Granges-sur-Baume , Hauteroche and Mirebel → Hauteroche
politics
| Representative in the Department Council | ||
|---|---|---|
| Term of office | Names | Political party |
| 2015– | Dominique Chalumeaux Christelle Morbois |
UD |
Individual evidence
- ↑ Décret n ° 2014-165 du 17 février 2014 portant délimitation des cantons dans le département du Jura published in JORF and in Légifrance (French).
- ↑ Résultats des élections départementales 2015 published on the website of the French Ministry of the Interior (French)