Canton of Rennes-Sud-Est

Former canton of Rennes-Sud-Est
region	Brittany
Department	Ille-et-Vilaine
Arrondissement	Rennes
main place	Rennes
Dissolution date	March 29, 2015
Residents	37,247 (Jan. 1, 2012)
Communities	2 + 1 partially
INSEE code	3546

The canton Rennes-Sud-Est 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-3. 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-VII-1. With the reorganization of the cantons in France, the canton was dissolved in 2015.

location

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

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

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

Communities

The canton Rennes-Sud-Est consisted of the south-eastern districts of the city of Rennes (approx. 18,700 inhabitants) and two other municipalities:

local community	Breton	Population  (2017)	Area  (km²)	Code postal	Code Insee
Chantepie	Edgy	10,435	11.98	35135	35055
Rennes (partially)	Roazhon	unknown	not specified	-	35238
Vern-sur-Seiche	Gwern-ar-Sec'h	7,911	19.70	35770	35352
Canton	Roazhon-Gevred	37,247	not specified	-	3546

Population development

1990	1999	2006	2012
27,516	33,459	35,250	37,247

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	Emile Neumayer	RPF , then Républicains sociaux (RS)
1958-1964	Léon Grimault	MRP
1964-1973	Henri Garnier	MRP , then CD
1973–1985	Michel Phlipponneau	PS
1985-1998	Jean-Pierre Dagorn	UDF
1998-2015	Mireille Massot	PS