Canton of Pornic
| Canton of Pornic | |
|---|---|
| region | Pays de la Loire |
| Department | Loire-Atlantique |
| Arrondissement | Saint-Nazaire |
| main place | Pornic |
| Residents | 37,177 (Jan. 1, 2017) |
| Population density | 157 inhabitants / km² |
| surface | 236.46 km² |
| Communities | 8th |
| INSEE code | 4420 |
 Location of the canton of Pornic in the Loire-Atlantique department |
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The canton Pornic (Breton canton Pornizh ) is a French canton in the arrondissement Saint-Nazaire , in the department of Loire-Atlantique and in the region of Pays de la Loire ; its main place is Pornic .
history
The canton was founded in 1790. From 1790 to 2015 five municipalities belonged to the canton of Pornic. With the reorganization of the cantons in France, the number of communes rose to 8. In addition to the previous communes, 2 of the 6 communes of the previous canton of Bourgneuf-en-Retz and the commune of Chauvé from the canton of Saint-Père-en-Retz were added.
location
The canton is located in the southwest of the Loire-Atlantique department.
Communities and population
The canton of Pornic comprises eight municipalities:
| local community | Gallo | Breton | Population (2017) |
Area (km²) |
Code postal | Code Insee |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chaumes-en-Retz | Chaumes | Kalaved-Raez | 6,759 | 39.24 * | 44320, 44680 | 44005 |
| Chauvé | Chauvàè | Kalveg | 2,876 | 40.98 | 44320 | 44038 |
| La Bernerie-en-Retz | Berneriy | Kerverner-Raez | 2,968 | 6.08 | 44760 | 44012 |
| La Plaine-sur-Mer | La Plaènn | Plaen-Raez | 4,266 | 16.39 | 44770 | 44126 |
| Les Moutiers-en-Retz | Lez Móstiers | Mousterioù-Raez | 1,640 | 9.57 | 44580 | 44106 |
| Pornic | Port-Nitz | Pornizh | 15,018 | 94.20 | 44210 | 44131 |
| Préfailles | Préfaylh | Pradvael | 1,246 | 4.88 | 44770 | 44136 |
| Saint Michel Chef Chef | Saent-Michaèu | Sant-Mikael-Keveger | 4,993 | 25.12 | 44730 | 44182 |
| Canton of Pornic | Port-Nitz | Pornizh | 37,177 | 236.46 | - | 4420 |
* Only the area of the former municipality Arthon-en-Retz , the rest belongs to the canton Machecoul .
The old canton of Pornic comprised five municipalities on an area of 179.83 km². These were: Arthon-en-Retz , La Plaine-sur-Mer , Pornic (main town), Préfailles and Saint-Michel-Chef-Chef . Before 2015 it had a different INSEE code than it does today, namely 4432.
Changes in the community since the nationwide reorganization of the cantons
2016: Merger of Arthon-en-Retz and Chéméré (Canton Machecoul) → Chaumes-en-Retz
Population development
| 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2006 | 2013 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 13,268 | 13,994 | 14,959 | 16,153 | 17,760 | 21.305 | 25,680 | 28,055 |
politics
In the first ballot on March 22, 2015, none of the six voting pairs achieved an absolute majority. In the runoff election on March 29, 2015, Patrick Girard / Christiane Van Goethem (both Union de la Droite) won against Alain Breuil / Barbara Lussaud (both FN ) with 74.3% of the votes (turnout: 52.6%) .
Since 1945 the canton has had the following members of the Council of the Département:
| Representative in the conseil général des départements | ||
|---|---|---|
| Term of office | Surname | Political party |
| 1945-1967 | Pierre Fleury |
RPF , then Action républicaine et sociale and DVD |
| 1967-1976 | Jean Courot | Républicains indépendants, then DVD |
| 1976-1998 | Michel Guisseau | DVD |
| 1998-2007 | Philippe Boënnec | RPR , then UMP |
| 2007-2015 | Patrick Girard | UMP |
| 2015– | Patrick Girard Christiane Van Goethem |
Union de la Droite |
Individual evidence
- ^ Reorganization of the cantons in the Loire-Atlantique department, Article 21
- ↑ 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
