Canton of Quimper-2

Canton of Quimper-2
region	Brittany
Department	Finistère
Arrondissement	Quimper
main place	Quimper
Residents	38,937 (Jan. 1, 2017)
Communities	1 (partially)
INSEE code	2924
Location of the canton of Quimper-2 in the Finistère department

The Canton Quimper-2 (Breton Canton Kemper-2 ) is a French constituency in the district Quimper , in the Finistere region and in the region of Brittany . It consists of part of the city of Quimper .

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.

Before 2015, the canton of Quimper-2 comprised parts of the city of Quimper and the municipality of Ergué-Gabéric .

Population development

1990	1999	2006	2012
25,693	27,755	28,373	27,937