Canton of Pontchâteau
Canton of Pontchâteau | |
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region | Pays de la Loire |
Department | Loire-Atlantique |
Arrondissement |
Châteaubriant-Ancenis (4 g.) Saint-Nazaire (9 parishes) |
main place | Pontchâteau |
Residents | 48,645 (Jan. 1, 2017) |
Population density | 85 inhabitants / km² |
surface | 574.17 km² |
Communities | 13 |
INSEE code | 4419 |
Location of the canton of Pontchâteau in the Loire-Atlantique department |
The Canton Pontchâteau (Breton Canton Pontkastell-Keren ) is a French canton in the arrondissement Châteaubriant-Ancenis and Saint-Nazaire , in the Loire-Atlantique and the region Pays de la Loire ; its capital is Pontchâteau .
history
The canton was founded in 1790. From 1790 to 2015 six municipalities belonged to the canton of Pontchâteau. With the reorganization of the cantons in France, the number of municipalities rose to 13 in 2015. From the previous six municipalities, Besné moved to the canton of Saint-Nazaire-2 and Saint-Joachim to the canton of Guérande . All the communes of the previous cantons of Saint-Gildas-des-Bois and Saint-Nicolas-de-Redon were added to the four remaining communes .
location
The canton is located in the northwest of the Loire-Atlantique department.
Communities
The canton of Pontchâteau comprises 13 municipalities:
local community | Gallo | Breton | Population (2017) |
Area (km²) |
Code postal | Code Insee | Arrondissement |
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Avessac | Aveczac | Avezeg | 2,476 | 76.49 | 44460 | 44007 | Châteaubriant-Ancenis |
Crossac | Croczac | Croa goat | 2,952 | 25.85 | 44160 | 44050 | Saint-Nazaire |
Drefféac | Dréféac | Devrieg | 2,228 | 14.16 | 44530 | 44053 | Saint-Nazaire |
Fégréac | Fegéréac | Fegerieg | 2,445 | 44.18 | 44460 | 44057 | Châteaubriant-Ancenis |
Guenrouet | Genroèt | Gwenred | 3,349 | 69.90 | 44530 | 44068 | Saint-Nazaire |
Missillac | Misilhac | Merzhelieg | 5,342 | 59.55 | 44780 | 44098 | Saint-Nazaire |
Plessé | Plesei | Plesei | 5,248 | 104.38 | 44630 | 44128 | Châteaubriant-Ancenis |
Pontchâteau | Pont-Chastèu | Pontkastell-Keren | 10,684 | 55.79 | 44160 | 44129 | Saint-Nazaire |
Sainte-Anne-sur-Brivet | Saentt-Ann-sur-Brivèt | Santez-Anna-ar-Brivet | 2,967 | 25.99 | 44160 | 44152 | Saint-Nazaire |
Sainte-Reine-de-Bretagne | Saentt-Reinn | Santez-Rouanez-Breizh | 2,374 | 19.73 | 44160 | 44189 | Saint-Nazaire |
Saint-Gildas-des-Bois | Saent-Gedas | Gweltaz-Lambrizig | 3,774 | 33.42 | 44530 | 44161 | Saint-Nazaire |
Saint-Nicolas-de-Redon | Saent Nicolâ | Sant-Nikolaz-an-Hent | 3,179 | 22.32 | 44660 | 44185 | Châteaubriant-Ancenis |
Sévérac | Séverac | Severeg | 1,627 | 22.41 | 44530 | 44196 | Saint-Nazaire |
Canton of Pontchâteau | Pont-Chastèu | Pontkastell-Keren | 48,645 | 574.17 | - | 4419 | - |
The old canton of Pontchâteau comprised six municipalities on an area of 231.12 km². These were: Besné , Crossac , Pontchâteau (main town), Sainte-Anne-sur-Brivet , Sainte-Reine-de-Bretagne and Saint-Joachim . Before 2015 it had a different INSEE code than it does today, namely 4431.
Population development
1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2006 | 2013 |
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14,842 | 15,521 | 16,878 | 19,374 | 19,751 | 19,318 | 21,595 | 24,811 |
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, Danielle Cornet (DVG) / Bernard Lebeau (PS) won against Bernard Clouet / Dominique Fraslin (both Union de la Droite) with 54.61% of the votes (turnout: 48.56%) ).
Since 1945 the canton has had the following members of the Council of the Département:
Representative in the conseil général des départements | ||
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Term of office | Surname | Political party |
1945–1951 | unknown | |
1951-1973 | Maurice Sambron | Républicains indépendants |
1974-1994 | Yves Mesnier | DVD , then RPR |
1994-2002 | Dominique David | the RPR related parties |
2003-2015 | Bernard Clouet | DVD |
2015– | Danielle Cornet Bernard Lebeau |
DVG PS |
Individual evidence
- ^ Reorganization of the cantons in the Loire-Atlantique department, Article 20
- ↑ Municipalities in the Loire-Atlantique département ( Memento des Originals of March 4, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Results of the two ballots