Canton of Remiremont

Canton of Remiremont
region	Grand Est
Department	Vosges
Arrondissement	Épinal (8 municipalities) Saint-Dié-des-Vosges (1 G.)
main place	Remiremont
Residents	25,294 (Jan. 1, 2017)
Population density	153 inhabitants / km²
surface	165.44 km²
Communities	9
INSEE code	8812
Location of the canton of Remiremont in the Vosges department

The canton of Remiremont is a French canton in the arrondissements of Épinal and Saint-Dié-des-Vosges in the Vosges department in the Grand Est region (until 2015 Lorraine ); its main town is Remiremont .

location

The canton is located in the south of the Vosges department.

history

The canton was founded in 1790 and until 2015 consisted of 16 municipalities. On January 1, 2015, the five municipalities of Faucompierre , La Forge , Le Syndicat , Le Tholy and Tendon moved to the newly created canton of La Bresse and the municipalities of Dommartin-lès-Remiremont and Vecoux to the canton of Le Thillot .

Communities

The canton consists of nine municipalities with a total of 25,294 inhabitants (as of 2017) on a total area of ​​165.44 km ² :

local community	Residents January 1, 2017	Area km²	Density of population / km²	Code INSEE	Post Code	Arrondissement
Cleurie	651	11.04	59	88109	88120	Saint-Dié-des-Vosges
Éloyes	3,180	12.51	254	88158	88510	Epinal
Jarménil	474	5.10	93	88250	88550	Epinal
Pouxeux	1,992	14.36	139	88358	88550	Epinal
Raon-aux-Bois	1,237	24.05	51	88371	88220	Epinal
Remiremont	7,714	18.00	429	88383	88200	Epinal
Saint-Amé	2.154	8.07	267	88409	88120	Epinal
Saint-Etienne-lès-Remiremont	3,840	33.81	114	88415	88200	Epinal
Saint-Nabord	4,052	38.50	105	88429	88200	Epinal
Canton of Remiremont	25,294	165.44	153	8812	-	-

Until the nationwide reorganization of the French cantons in March 2015, the canton of Remiremont included the 16 municipalities of Cleurie , Dommartin-lès-Remiremont , Éloyes , Faucompierre , La Forge , Jarménil , Pouxeux , Raon-aux-Bois , Remiremont (main town) and Saint-Amé , Saint-Étienne-lès-Remiremont , Saint-Nabord , Le Syndicat , Tendon , Le Tholy and Vecoux . Its layout corresponded to an area of ​​278.19 km ² . Before 2015 it had a different INSEE code than it does today, namely 8823.

Population development in the old canton

1962	1968	1975	1982	1990	1999	2006	2012
28,388	29,711	32,689	34,291	33,308	33,146	33,045	33,089

politics

In the first ballot on March 22, 2015, none of the five candidate pairs achieved an absolute majority. In the runoff election on March 29, 2015, Valérie Jankowski / François Vannson (both UMP) won against Marie-Monique Duquesne / Claude Houillon (both FN ) with 67.14% of the vote (turnout: 49.86%).

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
1945–1951	Maurice Poirot	SFIO , then Parti socialiste autonome
1951-1963	Jean-Marie Grenier	Républicains sociaux
1963-2015	Christian Poncelet	Union des démocrates pour la République, then RPR and UMP
2015–	Valérie Jankowski François Vannson	UMP / LR

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Results of the two ballots

Web links

• Portrait of the canton