Canton of Saint-Genis-Laval
Former canton of Saint-Genis-Laval |
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region | Rhône-Alpes |
Department | Rhône |
Arrondissement | Lyon |
main place | Saint-Genis-Laval |
Dissolution date | March 29, 2015 |
Residents | 43,114 (Jan. 1, 2012) |
Population density | 954 inhabitants / km² |
surface | 45.20 km² |
Communities | 4th |
INSEE code | 6926 |
The District of Saint-Genis-Laval was 2015 a French canton in the arrondissement of Lyon and the region Rhône-Alpes . It originally belonged to the Rhône department and had its main town in Saint-Genis-Laval . The canton was abolished when, in the area of Saint-Genis-Laval, the Métropole de Lyon replaced the Département Rhône as the higher-level regional authority at the turn of the year 2014/2015 and the cantons lost their function as constituencies. The other three municipalities, however, were assigned to the Arrondissement Villefranche-sur-Saône and remained in the Département Rhône. His last representative in the conseil général des Départements was Christophe Guilloteau ( UMP ), he succeeded Michel Thiers ( UDF , term of office 1982-2008).
Communities
The canton consisted of four municipalities:
local community | Population year | Area km² | Population density | Code INSEE | Post Code |
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Brignais | 11,429 (2013) | 10.36 | 1103 inhabitants / km² | 69027 | 69530 |
Chaponost | 8,099 (2013) | 16.32 | 496 inhabitants / km² | 69043 | 69630 |
Saint-Genis-Laval | 20,696 (2013) | 12.92 | 1602 inhabitants / km² | 69204 | 69230 |
Vourles | 3,207 (2013) | 5.6 | 573 inhabitants / km² | 69268 | 69390 |
Individual evidence
- ↑ Ordonnance n ° 2014-1539 du 19 December 2014 relative à l'élection des conseillers métropolitains de Lyon published in JORF and in Légifrance (French)