Canton of Strasbourg-2
| Canton of Strasbourg-2 | |
|---|---|
| region | Grand Est |
| Department | Bas-Rhin |
| Arrondissement | Strasbourg |
| Centralisateur bureau | Strasbourg |
| Residents | 43,902 (Jan. 1, 2017) |
| Communities | 1 |
| INSEE code | 6718 |
 Location of the canton of Strasbourg-2 in the Bas-Rhin department |
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The canton of Strasbourg-2 is a French constituency in the arrondissement of Strasbourg in the Bas-Rhin department in the Grand Est region (until 2015 Alsace ).
history
The canton was founded on March 4, 1790 as part of the establishment of the départements as part of what was then the "Strasbourg district". With the establishment of the arrondissements on February 17, 1800, the canton was redesigned as part of what was then the arrondissement of Strasbourg. From 1871 to 1919 there was no further subdivision of the then "Strasbourg district (city)". On June 28, 1919, the canton became part of the newly founded arrondissement Strasbourg-Ville. On March 22, 2015, the area of the canton was redesigned. In place of the arrondissement Strasbourg-Ville, the new arrondissement Strasbourg , which also includes municipalities in the vicinity of Strasbourg.
Communities
The canton consists of part of the city of Strasbourg .
Strasbourg was divided into ten cantons until 2014.
Area description
The area of the canton has been determined by the following border since March 22, 2015. The information is given clockwise and starts in the north:
- Canal de Dérivation, railway line, Rue de Sarrebourg, Petite Rue des Magasins, Rue de Sarrelouis, Rue Georges Wodli, Boulevard du Président Wilson, Rue des Halles, Place des Halles, Rue de Sébastopol, Pont de Paris, Quai de Paris, Quai Desaix , Quai Turckheim, River Ill , Pont des Frères Matthis, Quai Mathiss, Quai Louis Pasteur, Pont du Heyritz, Canal du Rhône au Rhin , River Ill, city limits, Rue Virgile, Rue Cicéron, Rue de l'Engelbreit, Chemin du Cuivre, Railway line, Rue Paul Verlaine, Allée des Comtes, Route des Romains, Rue de Kœnigshoffen, Canal de Dérivation