Canton of Saint-Mihiel

Coordinates: 48 ° 53 '  N , 5 ° 32'  E

Canton of Saint-Mihiel
region	Grand Est
Department	Meuse
Arrondissement	Commercy
main place	Saint-Mihiel
Residents	11,976 (Jan. 1, 2017)
Population density	22 inhabitants / km²
surface	540.23 km²
Communities	34
INSEE code	5513
Location of the canton of Saint-Mihiel in the Meuse department

The canton of Saint-Mihiel is a French constituency in the Arrondissement Commercy , in the Département Meuse and in the Grand Est region (until 2015 Lorraine ); its main town is Saint-Mihiel .

location

The canton is located in the southern half of the Meuse department on its eastern border.

history

The canton was founded in 1790. By 2015, 20 municipalities belonged to the canton of Saint-Mihiel. With the reorganization of the cantons in France, the number of communes rose to 34 in 2015. All 14 communes of the previous canton of Vigneulles-lès-Hattonchâtel were added to the previous 20 communes .

Communities

The canton consists of 34 municipalities with 11,976 inhabitants (as of 2017) on an area of ​​540.23 km ² :

local community	Residents January 1, 2017	Area km²	Density of population / km²	Code INSEE	Post Code
Apremont-la-Forêt	397	32.89	12	55012	55300
Beney-en-Woëvre	131	17.20	8th	55046	55210
Bislée	61	4.96	12	55054	55300
Bouconville-sur-Madt	111	6.98	16	55062	55300
Broussey-Raulecourt	283	21.02	13	55085	55200
Buxières-sous-les-Côtes	287	26.72	11	55093	55300
Chaillon	112	11.54	10	55096	55210
Chauvoncourt	452	10.04	45	55111	55300
Dompierre-aux-Bois	39	8.07	5	55160	55300
Han-sur-Meuse	277	17.22	16	55229	55300
Heudicourt-sous-les-Côtes	166	13.56	12	55245	55210
Jonville-en-Woëvre	149	10.81	14th	55256	55160
Lachaussée	271	27.19	10	55267	55210
Lacroix-sur-Meuse	720	21.15	34	55268	55300
Lahayville	27	3.96	7th	55270	55300
Lamorville	288	34.93	8th	55274	55300
Les Paroches	416	10.24	41	55401	55300
Loupmont	75	10.33	7th	55303	55300
Maizey	165	14.91	11	55312	55300
Montsec	85	5.95	14th	55353	55300
Nonsard Lamarche	210	18.18	12	55386	55210
Rambucourt	189	14.86	13	55412	55300
Ranzières	82	14.09	6th	55415	55300
Richecourt	59	6.23	9	55431	55300
Rouvrois-sur-Meuse	207	6.13	34	55444	55300
Saint-Maurice-sous-les-Côtes	352	9.30	38	55462	55210
Saint-Mihiel	4.112	33.00	125	55463	55300
Seuzey	115	4.61	25th	55487	55300
Troyon	263	13.07	20th	55521	55300
Valbois	93	17.09	5	55530	55300
Varneville	54	6.44	8th	55528	55300
Vaux-lès-Palameix	57	10.52	5	55540	55300
Vigneulles-lès-Hattonchâtel	1,572	62.59	25th	55551	55210
Xivray-et-Marvoisin	99	14.45	7th	55586	55300
Canton of Saint-Mihiel	11,976	540.23	22nd	5513	-

Until the nationwide reorganization of the French cantons in March 2015, the canton of Saint-Mihiel included the 20 municipalities of Apremont-la-Forêt , Bislée , Bouconville-sur-Madt , Broussey-Raulecourt , Chauvoncourt , Han-sur-Meuse , Lacroix-sur-Meuse , Lahayville , Loupmont , Maizey , Montsec , Les Paroches , Rambucourt , Ranzières , Richecourt , Rouvrois-sur-Meuse , Saint-Mihiel (main town), Troyon , Varnéville and Xivray-et-Marvoisin . Its layout corresponded to an area of ​​267.92 km ² . Before 2015 it had a different INSEE code than it does today, namely 5517.

Population development

1962	1968	1975	1982	1990	1999	2006	2012
9,082	8,829	9,024	8,920	8,926	8,793	8,673	8,295

politics

In the first ballot on March 22, 2015, none of the four voting pairs achieved an absolute majority. In the runoff election on March 29, 2015, the team Marianne Prot / Bruno Rota (both FN) won against Sylvain Denoyelle / Marie-Christine Tonner (both UDI ) and Sèverine François / Thibaut Villemin (both PS ) with a share of the vote of 38.29% (Turnout: 59.17%).

Since 1945 the canton has had the following members of the Council of the Département:

Representative in the conseil général des départements
Term of office	Surname	Political party
1945–1969	Henry Vuillaume	DVD , then RPF and Union des démocrates pour la République
1969-1986	Jacques Bailleux	Union des démocrates pour la République and then RPR
1986-2004	Roger Dumez	DVD
2004-2015	Philippe Martin	UMP , then DVD and UDI
2015–	Marianne Prot Bruno Rota	FN

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Results of the two ballots