Canton of Quimperlé
| Canton of Quimperlé | |
|---|---|
| region | Brittany |
| Department | Finistère |
| Arrondissement | Quimper |
| main place | Quimperlé |
| Establishment date | February 15, 1790 |
| Residents | 31,973 (Jan. 1, 2017) |
| Population density | 111 inhabitants / km² |
| surface | 289.13 km² |
| Communities | 11 |
| INSEE code | 2925 |
 Location of the canton of Quimperlé in the Finistère department |
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The canton Quimperlé (Breton canton Kemperle ) is a French canton in the arrondissement Quimper , in the department of Finistère and in the region of Brittany ; its main town is Quimperlé .
history
The canton was established on February 15, 1790. From 1801 to 2015, five municipalities belonged to the canton of Quimperlé. With the reorganization of the cantons in France, the number of communes rose to 11. In addition to the previous communes of the old canton Quimperlé, all 4 communes of the previous canton of Arzano and 2 of the 3 communes of the previous canton of Scaër were added.
location
The canton is located in the southeast of the Finistère department.
Communities
The canton of Quimperlé comprises eleven municipalities:
| local community | Breton | Population (2017) |
Area (km²) |
Code postal | Code Insee |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Arzano | To Arzahanaou | 1,387 | 34.04 | 29300 | 29002 |
| Baye | At | 1,149 | 7.29 | 29300 | 29005 |
| Clohars-Carnoët | Kloar-Karnoed | 4,333 | 34.83 | 29360 | 29031 |
| Guilligomarc'h | Gwelegouarc'h | 778 | 22.75 | 29300 | 29071 |
| Locunolé | Lokunole | 1,154 | 16.78 | 29310 | 29136 |
| Mellac | Mellag | 3.112 | 26.38 | 29300 | 29147 |
| Querrien | Kerias | 1,739 | 54.01 | 29310 | 29230 |
| Quimperlé | Kemperle | 12,057 | 31.73 | 29300 | 29233 |
| Rédené | Talking | 2,908 | 24.49 | 29300 | 29234 |
| Saint-Thurien | Sant turian | 1,032 | 21.41 | 29380 | 29269 |
| Trémeven | Tremeven-Kemperle | 2,324 | 15.42 | 29300 | 29297 |
| Canton of Quimperlé | Kemperle | 31,973 | 289.13 | - | 2925 |
Canton Quimperlé until 2015
The old canton of Quimperlé consisted of five communities on an area of 115.65 km². These were: Baye , Clohars-Carnoët , Mellac , Quimperlé (main town) and Tréméven .
Population development
| 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2006 | 2012 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 17,314 | 17,486 | 18,028 | 19,084 | 19,589 | 19,960 | 20,346 | 22,341 |