Canton of Quimper-1
| Canton of Quimper-1 | |
|---|---|
| region | Brittany |
| Department | Finistère |
| Arrondissement | Quimper |
| main place | Quimper |
| Residents | 40,486 (Jan. 1, 2017) |
| Communities | 6 + 1 (partially) |
| INSEE code | 2923 |
 Location of the canton of Quimper-1 in the Finistère department |
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The Canton Quimper-1 (Breton Canton Kemper-1 ) is a French Canton in district Quimper , in the Finistère and in the region Bretagne ; its main town is Quimper .
Communities
| local community | Breton | Population (2017) |
Area (km²) |
Code postal | Code Insee |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Guengat | Gwengad | 1,782 | 22.72 | 29180 | 29066 |
| Locronan | Lokorn | 795 | 8.08 | 29180 | 29134 |
| Plogonnec | Plogoneg | 3,156 | 54.14 | 29180 | 29169 |
| Plomelin | Ploveilh | 4.171 | 26.08 | 29700 | 29170 |
| Plonéis | Ploneiz | 2,425 | 21.99 | 29710 | 29173 |
| Pluguffan | Pluguen | 4,109 | 32.09 | 29700 | 29216 |
| Quimper | Kemper | 62,985 | 84.45 | 29000 | 29232 |
| Canton of Quimper-1 | Kemper-1 | 40,486 | - | 2923 |
history
The canton of Quimper was established in 1793. In 1973 this was divided into the cantons Quimper-1 and Quimper-2. The division of parts of the city of Quimper into the cantons Quimper-1, Quimper-2 and Quimper-3 existed from 1985 to 2015. With the reorganization of the cantons in 2015, the canton of Quimper-3 disappeared again and its area became the cantons of Quimper- 1 and Quimper-2 struck.