Rennes-Center-Sud Canton

Former canton of Rennes-Center-Sud
region	Brittany
Department	Ille-et-Vilaine
Arrondissement	Rennes
main place	Rennes
Dissolution date	March 29, 2015
Residents	15,871 (Jan. 1, 2012)
Communities	1 (partially)
INSEE code	3548

The canton of Rennes-Center-Sud was a French canton in the Arrondissement Rennes , in the Département Ille-et-Vilaine and in the region of Brittany until 2015 .

history

The canton was created through a reorganization of the cantons in the Rennes area in 1973 and was named Rennes-IX until 1985. With the reorganization of the cantons in France, the canton was dissolved in 2015.

location

The canton of Rennes-Center-Sud was in the center of the Ille-et-Vilaine department.

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  Location of the canton of Rennes-Center-Sud within Brittany

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  Location of the canton of Rennes-Center-Sud within the Ille-et-Vilaine department

Communities

The canton of Rennes-Center-Sud comprised the historic city center of Rennes south of the Vilaine River, the areas north of the train station and the Colombier residential and commercial district.

Population development

1990	1999	2006	2012
16,637	15,774	15,685	15,871

politics

Until its dissolution, the canton had the following members in the Council of the Départements:

Representative in the conseil général des départements
Term of office	Surname	Political party
1973-1976	M. Garnier	Center démocrate (CD)
1976-1988	Albert Renouf	PS
1988-2015	Jeannine Huon	PS