Canton of Thénac

Canton of Thénac
region	Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Department	Charente-Maritime
Arrondissement	Jonzac (4 parishes) Saintes (21 parishes)
Centralisateur bureau	Thénac
Residents	20,466 (Jan. 1, 2017)
Population density	63 inhabitants / km²
surface	326.55 km²
Communities	25th
INSEE code	1724
Location of the canton of Thénac in the Charente-Maritime department

The Canton Thénac is a French canton in the department of Charente-Maritime and in the region Nouvelle-Aquitaine . It includes 25 parishes in the Saintes arrondissement . It was newly created in 2015 when the French cantons were reorganized nationwide.

Communities

The canton consists of 25 municipalities with a total of 20,466 inhabitants (as of 2017) on a total area of ​​326.55 km ² :

local community	Residents January 1, 2017	Area km²	Density of population / km²	Code INSEE	Post Code	Arrondissement
Berneuil	1,146	25.45	45	17044	17460	Saintes
Brives-sur-Charente	233	5.94	39	17069	17800	Jonzac
Chermignac	1,247	13.43	93	17102	17460	Saintes
Colombiers	313	7.14	44	17115	17460	Saintes
Corme-Royal	1,839	27.18	68	17120	17600	Saintes
Coulonges	241	9.16	26th	17122	17800	Jonzac
Courcoury	690	12.66	55	17128	17100	Saintes
La Clisse	691	5.18	133	17112	17600	Saintes
La Jard	422	8.48	50	17191	17460	Saintes
Les Gonds	1,726	12.96	133	17179	17100	Saintes
Luchat	525	4.67	112	17214	17600	Saintes
Montils	853	23.64	36	17242	17800	Saintes
Pérignac	1,017	27.56	37	17273	17800	Jonzac
Pessines	745	9.05	82	17275	17810	Saintes
Pisany	738	6.59	112	17278	17600	Saintes
Préguillac	450	6.60	68	17289	17460	Saintes
Rétaud	1,069	19.92	54	17296	17460	Saintes
Rioux	960	18.98	51	17298	17460	Saintes
Rouffiac	459	5.85	78	17304	17800	Saintes
Saint-Sever-de-Saintonge	614	8.13	76	17400	17800	Saintes
Salignac-sur-Charente	599	10.22	59	17418	17800	Jonzac
Tesson	1,075	12.13	89	17441	17460	Saintes
Thénac	1,677	19.17	87	17444	17460	Saintes
Thézac	321	12.42	26th	17445	17600	Saintes
Varzay	816	14.04	58	17460	17460	Saintes
Canton of Thénac	20,466	326.55	63	1724	-	-

politics

Representative in the Department Council
Term of office	Names	Political party
2015–	Alexandre Grenot Sylvie Mercier	UD

Individual evidence

1. ↑ 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).
2. ↑ Résultats des élections départementales 2015 published on the website of the French Ministry of the Interior (French).