Rennes-Nord-Ouest Canton

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Former
canton of Rennes-Nord-Ouest
region Brittany
Department Ille-et-Vilaine
Arrondissement Rennes
main place Rennes
Dissolution date March 29, 2015
Residents 33,126 (Jan. 1, 2012)
Communities 3 + 1 partially
INSEE code 3531

The canton Rennes-Nord-Ouest was a French canton in the Arrondissement Rennes , in the Département Ille-et-Vilaine and in the region of Brittany until 2015 ; its main town was Rennes .

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-2. 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-III. With the reorganization of the cantons in France, the canton was dissolved in 2015.

location

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

Communities

The canton of Rennes-Nord-Ouest consisted of the two districts Beauregard and Villejean of the city of Rennes (about 16,200 inhabitants) and three other municipalities:

 local community   Breton   Population 
(2017)
 Area 
(km²)
 Code postal   Code Insee 
Gévezé Gevrezeg 5,301 27.54 35850 35120
Pacé Pazieg 11,739 35.03 35740 35210
Parthenay-de-Bretagne Pazheneg 1,748 4.80 35850 35216
Rennes (partially) Roazhon unknown not specified - 35238
Canton Roazhon-Gwalarn 33.126 not specified - 3531

Population development

1990 1999 2006 2012
25,767 28,130 29,820 33.126

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
1945–1955 Louis Le Gall La Salle MRP
1955-1961 François Chateau DVD
1961-1963 Jean-Paul Chasseboeuf unknown
1963-1973 Georges Brand DVD
1973-1982 Edmond Hervé PS
1982-2001 Frédéric Vénien PS
2001-2008 Philippe Rouault UMP
2008-2015 François André PS