Canton of Saintes
| Canton of Saintes | |
|---|---|
| region | Nouvelle-Aquitaine |
| Department | Charente-Maritime |
| Arrondissement | Saintes |
| Centralisateur bureau | Saintes |
| Residents | 25,470 (Jan. 1, 2017) |
| Population density | 559 inhabitants / km² |
| surface | 45.55 km² |
| Communities | 1 |
| INSEE code | 1720 |
 Location of the canton of Saintes in the Charente-Maritime department |
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The Canton Saintes is a French canton in the Arrondissement Saintes , in the department of Charente-Maritime and in the region Nouvelle-Aquitaine . Geographically, it corresponds exactly to the small town of Saintes , which is its only member parish. When the French cantons were reorganized across the country in 2015, it was re-created; previously, Saintes was split into three cantons, Saintes-Est , Saintes-Nord and Saintes-Ouest , each of which included other municipalities from the surrounding area.
Communities
The canton consists of a municipality with a total of 25,470 inhabitants (as of 2017) on a total area of 45.55 km 2 :
| local community | Residents January 1, 2017 |
Area km² |
Density of population / km² |
Code INSEE |
Post Code |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saintes | 25,470 | 45.55 | 559 | 17415 | 17100 |
| Canton of Saintes | 25,470 | 45.55 | 559 | 1720 | - |
politics
| Representative in the Department Council | ||
|---|---|---|
| Term of office | Names | Political party |
| 2015– | Christophe Dourthe Brigitte Favreau |
PS |
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Décret n ° 2014-269 du 27 février 2014 portant délimitation des cantons dans le département de la Charente-Maritime published in JORF and in Légifrance (French).
- ↑ Résultats des élections départementales 2015 published on the website of the French Ministry of the Interior (French).