Canton of Vaucouleurs

Canton of Vaucouleurs
region	Grand Est
Department	Meuse
Arrondissement	Bar-le-Duc (5 parishes) Commercy (43 parishes)
main place	Vaucouleurs
Residents	12,475 (Jan. 1, 2017)
Population density	21 inhabitants / km²
surface	605.92 km²
Communities	48
INSEE code	5515
Location of the canton of Vaucouleurs in the Meuse department

The canton of Vaucouleurs is a French constituency in the arrondissements of Bar-le-Duc and Commercy in the Meuse department and in the Grand Est region (until 2015 Lorraine ). The capital of the canton is the city of Vaucouleurs .

history

The canton was established in 1790. By 2015, 20 municipalities belonged to the canton of Vaucouleurs. With the reorganization of the cantons in France, the number of communes rose to 47 in 2015. In addition to the previous 20 communes, there were all 18 communes of the previous canton of Void-Vacon , 5 of the 14 communes of the canton of Commercy and 4 of the 20 communes from the canton of Ligny-en -Barrois added.

Communities

The canton consists of 48 municipalities with a total of 12,475 inhabitants (as of 2017) on a total area of ​​605.92 km ² :

local community	Residents January 1, 2017	Area km²	Density of population / km²	Code INSEE	Post Code	Arrondissement
Bovée-sur-Barboure	142	13.37	11	55066	55190	Commercy
Boviolles	97	8.13	12	55067	55500	Commercy
Brixey-aux-Chanoines	84	7.62	11	55080	55250	Commercy
Broussey-en-Blois	59	11.04	5	55084	55190	Commercy
Burey-en-Vaux	154	6.47	24	55088	55140	Commercy
Burey-la-Cote	87	4.29	20th	55089	55140	Commercy
Chalaines	318	8.10	39	55097	55140	Commercy
Champougny	83	5.91	14th	55100	55140	Commercy
Cousances-lès-Triconville	140	18.27	8th	55518	55500	Commercy
Culey	141	11.02	13	55138	55000	Bar-le-Duc
Dagonville	85	13.01	7th	55141	55500	Commercy
Épiez-sur-Meuse	41	8.19	5	55173	55140	Commercy
Erneville-aux-Bois	160	28.05	6th	55179	55500	Commercy
Goussaincourt	116	10.33	11	55217	55140	Commercy
Laneuville-au-Rupt	198	13.23	15th	55278	55190	Commercy
Loisey	300	13.47	22nd	55298	55000	Bar-le-Duc
Marson-sur-Barboure	47	5.90	8th	55322	55190	Commercy
Maxey-sur-Vaise	293	10.90	27	55328	55140	Commercy
Méligny-le-Grand	95	11.52	8th	55330	55190	Commercy
Méligny-le-Petit	80	8.39	10	55331	55190	Commercy
Ménil-la-Horgne	169	16.56	10	55334	55190	Commercy
Montbras	19th	5.40	4th	55344	55140	Commercy
Montigny-lès-Vaucouleurs	68	11.83	6th	55350	55140	Commercy
Naives-en-Blois	151	15.70	10	55368	55190	Commercy
Nançois-le-Grand	73	9.25	8th	55371	55500	Commercy
Nançois-sur-Ornain	384	7.98	48	55372	55500	Bar-le-Duc
Neuville-lès-Vaucouleurs	176	8.35	21st	55381	55140	Commercy
Ourches-sur-Meuse	221	10.35	21st	55396	55190	Commercy
Pagny-la-Blanche-Côte	237	12.43	19th	55397	55140	Commercy
Pagny-sur-Meuse	1,023	18.81	54	55398	55190	Commercy
Reffroy	73	9.41	8th	55421	55190	Commercy
Rigny-la-Salle	365	10.28	36	55433	55140	Commercy
Rigny-Saint-Martin	53	16.11	3	55434	55140	Commercy
Saint-Aubin-sur-Aire	171	14.17	12	55454	55500	Commercy
Saint-Germain-sur-Meuse	257	7.67	34	55456	55140	Commercy
Salmagne	301	16.73	18th	55466	55000	Bar-le-Duc
Saulvaux	115	22.42	5	55472	55500	Commercy
Sauvigny	232	17.51	13	55474	55140	Commercy
Sauvoy	62	7.82	8th	55475	55190	Commercy
Sepvigny	74	6.31	12	55485	55140	Commercy
Sorcy-Saint-Martin	1.105	21.72	51	55496	55190	Commercy
Taillancourt	127	11.09	11	55503	55140	Commercy
Troussey	464	17.23	27	55520	55190	Commercy
Ugny-sur-Meuse	109	4.29	25th	55522	55140	Commercy
Vaucouleurs	1,943	39.35	49	55533	55140	Commercy
Villeroy-sur-Méholle	37	6.47	6th	55559	55190	Commercy
Void-Vacon	1,639	35.58	46	55573	55190	Commercy
Willeroncourt	107	7.89	14th	55581	55500	Bar-le-Duc
Canton of Vaucouleurs	12,475	605.92	21st	5515	-	-

Until the nationwide reorganization of the French cantons in March 2015, the canton of Vaucouleurs included the 20 municipalities of Brixey-aux-Chanoines , Burey-en-Vaux , Burey-la-Côte , Chalaines , Champougny , Épiez-sur-Meuse , Goussaincourt , Maxey-sur -Vaise , Montbras , Montigny-lès-Vaucouleurs , Neuville-lès-Vaucouleurs , Pagny-la-Blanche-Côte , Rigny-la-Salle , Rigny-Saint-Martin , Saint-Germain-sur-Meuse , Sauvigny , Sepvigny , Taillancourt , Ugny-sur-Meuse and Vaucouleurs (main town). Its layout corresponded to an area of ​​212.43 km ² . Before 2015 he had the INSEE code 5524.

Population development

1962	1968	1975	1982	1990	1999	2006	2012
6734	6279	5494	5179	4997	5050	5051	5096

politics

Already in the first ballot on March 22, 2015, the team Catherine Bertaux / André Jannot (both DVD) won against Ghislaine Di Risio / Jean-Pierre Lamotte (both FN ) with a share of the vote of 65.50% (turnout: 56.83% ).

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
1945-1967	Louis Lemaître	SFIO , then UDSR and Rassemblement des gauches républicaines
1967-1979	M. Floriot	Union des démocrates pour la République and then RPR
1979-1985	Pierre Vincent	UDF
1985-2015	Gérard Lahure	PS
2015–	Catherine Bertaux André Jannot	DVD

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Result of the ballot