Canton of Rennes-Nord-Est

Former canton of Rennes-Nord-Est
region	Brittany
Department	Ille-et-Vilaine
Arrondissement	Rennes
main place	Rennes
Dissolution date	March 29, 2015
Residents	18,225 (Jan. 1, 2012)
Communities	1 (partially)
INSEE code	3544

The canton of Rennes-Nord-Est 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 in 1801 by splitting up the Rennes canton, which had existed since 1793. Until 1973 it was one of the four cantons in the Rennes area and at times also bore the name Rennes-1. With the further splitting of the cantons in the Rennes area in 1973 and 1985, it was steadily reduced. From 1982 to 1985 his name was Rennes-V. With the reorganization of the cantons in France, the canton was dissolved in 2015.

location

The canton of Rennes-Nord-Est was in the center of the Ille-et-Vilaine department.

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  Location of the canton of Rennes-Nord-Est within the Ille-et-Vilaine department

Communities

The canton of Rennes-Nord-Est comprised residential areas in the northeast of the city of Rennes.

Population development

1990	1999	2006	2012
18,833	18,224	18,049	18,225

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
1945-1958	Paul Robert	RPF
1958-1976	Henri Fréville	MRP , then CD
1976-1994	Jean-Michel Boucheron	PS
1994-2001	Régine Brissot	UDF
2001-2015	Yves Préault	PS