Canton of Redon

Canton of Redon
region	Brittany
Department	Ille-et-Vilaine
Arrondissement	Redon
main place	Redon
Establishment date	February 15, 1790
Residents	35,845 (Jan. 1, 2017)
Population density	79 inhabitants / km²
surface	452.18 km²
Communities	15th
INSEE code	3517
Location of the canton of Redon in the Ille-et-Vilaine department

The canton Redon (Breton canton Redon ) is a French canton in the arrondissement Redon , in the département Ille-et-Vilaine and in the region of Brittany ; its main town is Redon .

history

The canton was established on February 15, 1790. From 1801 to 2015, eight municipalities belonged to the canton of Redon. With the reorganization of the cantons in France, the number of communes rose to 16. In addition to the previous 6 communes of the old canton of Redon, all 9 communes of the canton Pipriac and the commune of Messac from the canton Bain-de-Bretagne were added. As a result of the merger of the municipalities of Guipry and Messac, the number of municipalities fell to 15 on January 1, 2016.

location

The canton is located in the southwest of the Ille-et-Vilaine department.

Communities

Canton of Redon since 2015

In 2015, the canton of Redon comprised 16 municipalities. As a result of the merger of Guipry and Messac, the number of municipalities fell to 15 on January 1, 2016:

local community	Gallo	Breton	Population  (2017)	Area  (km²)	Code postal	Code Insee
Bains-sur-Oust	leg	Baen balloon	3,478	44.63	35600	35013
Bruc-sur-Aff	Bruc	Brug	863	21.23	35550	35045
Guipry-Messac	Gipri-Meczac	Gvipri-Mezeg	6,735	91.99	35480	35129
La Chapelle-de-Brain	La Chapell-de-Braen	Chapel Braen	969	17.65	35660	35064
Langon	Langon	Landegon	1,421	36.54	35660	35145
Lieuron	Lioeron	Luzron	785	16.72	35550	35151
Lohéac	Lozeyac	Lohieg	649	5.11	35550	35155
Pipriac	Pisperiac	Presperieg	3,745	48.65	35550	35219
Redon	Redon	Redon	9,014	15.09	35600	35236
Renac	Renac	Ranneg	1.009	25.89	35660	35237
Saint-Ganton	Saent-Ganton	Sant Weganton	424	14.08	35550	35268
Saint-Just	Saent-Just	Sant-Yust	1,065	28.05	35550	35285
Saint-Malo-de-Phily	Saent-Malo-de-Fili	Sant Maloù Fili	1,084	18.77	35480	35289
Sainte-Marie	Saentt-Mariy	Lokmaria-Redon	2,249	25.28	35600	35294
Sixt-sur-Aff	Seat	Seizh	2.129	42.50	35550	35328
Canton of Redon	Redon	Redon	35,845	452.18	-	3517

Changes in the community since the nationwide reorganization of the cantons

2016: Fusion Guipry and Messac → Guipry-Messac

Canton of Redon by 2015

The old canton of Redon consisted of six municipalities on an area of ​​165.08 km². These were: Bains-sur-Oust , La Chapelle-de-Brain , Langon , Redon (main town), Renac and Sainte-Marie .

Population development

1962	1968	1975	1982	1990	1999	2006	2012
15,459	15,964	16,182	16,186	16,688	17,257	18,252	18,427

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, the Franck Pichot (PS) / Solène Michenot (DVG) team won against Vincent Bourguet / Céline Motel (both UDI ) with a share of the vote of 52.84% (turnout: 47.15%).

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
1945-1958	Michel du Halgouët de Poulpiquet	DVD
1958-1970	Isidore Renouard	Républicains indépendants (RI)
1970-1994	Jean-Baptiste Lelièvre	CD , then UDF
1994-1995	Alain Madelin	UDF-DL
1995-2007	Jean-Michel Bollé	UMP
2007-2009	Dominique Julaud	DVD
2009-2015	Jean-François Guérin	PS
2015–	Franck Pichot Solène Michenot	PS DVG

Individual evidence

1. ^ Reorganization of the cantons in the Département Ille-et-Vilaine, Article 18
2. ↑ Municipalities in the Ille-et-Vilaine département ( Memento of the original from January 31, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  
3. ↑ Results of the two ballots