Canton of Sainte-Foy-lès-Lyon
| Former canton of Sainte-Foy-lès-Lyon |
|
|---|---|
| region | Rhône-Alpes |
| Department | Rhône |
| Arrondissement | Lyon |
| main place | Sainte-Foy-lès-Lyon |
| Dissolution date | March 29, 2015 |
| Residents | 28,360 (Jan. 1, 2012) |
| Population density | 3,279 inhabitants / km² |
| surface | 8.65 km² |
| Communities | 2 |
| INSEE code | 6950 |
The canton of Sainte-Foy-lès-Lyon was by 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 Sainte-Foy-lès-Lyon . The canton was abolished when, at the turn of the year 2014/2015 , the Métropole de Lyon replaced the Département Rhône as the superordinate regional authority of its two member municipalities and the cantons lost their function as constituencies. The last representative in the conseil général des Départements was Jean-Paul Delorme ( UMP ).
Communities
The canton consisted of two municipalities:
| local community | Population year | Area km² | Population density | Code INSEE | Post Code |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| La Mulatière | 6,526 (2013) | 1.82 | 3586 inhabitants / km² | 69142 | 69350 |
| Sainte-Foy-lès-Lyon | 21,646 (2013) | 6.83 | 3169 inhabitants / km² | 69202 | 69110 |
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)