Canton of Saint-Martin-de-Ré
| Former canton of Saint-Martin-de-Ré |
|
|---|---|
| region | Poitou-Charentes |
| Department | Charente-Maritime |
| Arrondissement | La Rochelle |
| main place | Saint-Martin-de-Ré |
| Dissolution date | March 29, 2015 |
| Residents | 13,196 (Jan. 1, 2012) |
| Population density | 303 inhabitants / km² |
| surface | 43.56 km² |
| Communities | 5 |
| INSEE code | 1730 |
 Location of the canton of Saint-Martin-de-Ré in the Charente-Maritime department |
|
The canton of Saint-Martin-de-Ré was 2015 a French canton in the department of Charente-Maritime and in the former region Poitou-Charentes . It comprised five parishes on the island of Ré in the arrondissement of La Rochelle ; its main town (French: chef-lieu ) was Saint-Martin-de-Ré . The nationwide changes in the composition of the cantons resulted in its dissolution in March 2015. The last representative in the conseil général des Départements for the years 1985–2015 was Léon Gendre, mayor of the municipality of La Flotte .
geography
The geographic height of the canton varied between 0 m at La Flotte and 17 m at Le Bois-Plage-en-Ré . The mean value was 8 m . The area of the canton was 43.56 km 2 .
Communities
The canton of Saint-Martin-de-Ré united five municipalities and last had 13,196 inhabitants (as of 2012).
| local community | Population (as of 2017) |
Code postal | Code Insee |
|---|---|---|---|
| Le Bois-Plage-en-Ré | 2248 | 17580 | 17051 |
| La fleet | 2762 | 17630 | 17161 |
| Rivedoux-Plage | 2280 | 17940 | 17297 |
| Sainte-Marie-de-Ré | 3366 | 17740 | 17360 |
| Saint-Martin-de-Ré | 2231 | 17410 | 17369 |