Vertou Canton

Vertou Canton
region	Pays de la Loire
Department	Loire-Atlantique
Arrondissement	Nantes
main place	Vertou
Residents	41,652 (Jan. 1, 2017)
Population density	495 inhabitants / km²
surface	84.12 km²
Communities	5
INSEE code	4431
Location of the canton of Vertou in the Loire-Atlantique department

The canton Vertou (Breton canton Gwerzhav ) is a French canton in the arrondissement of Nantes , in the department of Loire-Atlantique and in the region of Pays de la Loire ; its main town is Vertou .

history

The canton was established in 1790. From 1790 to 2015, two communities belonged to the canton of Vertou. With the reorganization of the cantons in France, the number of municipalities rose to five in 2015. Three of the five municipalities of the previous canton of Vertou-Vignoble were added to the previous municipalities .

location

The canton is located in the south of the Loire-Atlantique department.

Communities

The canton of Vertou comprises five municipalities:

local community	Gallo	Breton	Population  (2017)	Area  (km²)	Code postal	Code Insee
Château-Thébaud	Chastèu-Tebaut	Fort Tepaod	3,026	17.64	44690	44037
La Haie-Fouassière	La Haè-Fóacierr	To Hae-Foazer	4,659	11.81	44690	44070
Les Sorinières	Lez Sorinèrr	Kersoren	8,541	13.02	44840	44198
Saint-Fiacre-sur-Maine	Saent-Fiaq	Sant-Fieg-ar-Mewan	1,207	5.97	44690	44159
Vertou	Vertou	Gwerzhav	24,219	35.68	44120	44215
Vertou Canton	Vertou	Gwerzhav	41,652	84.12	-	4431

The old canton of Vertou comprised two communities on an area of ​​48.70 km²: Les Sorinières and Vertou (capital). Before 2015 it had a different INSEE code than it does today, namely 4446.

Population development

1962	1968	1975	1982	1990	1999	2006	2013
12,921	14,283	17.002	19,930	23,409	26,507	28,342	30,574

politics

In the first ballot on March 22, 2015, none of the four voting pairs achieved an absolute majority. In the runoff election on March 29, 2015, the team Rodolphe Amailland / Agnês Paragot (both UD) won against Delphine Coat-Prou / Nejat Narinc (both PS) with a share of the vote of 59.46% (turnout: 50.88%).

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
1945-1949	Auguste Saupin	Wheel.
1949-1973	Geoffroy du Bouays de Couësbouc	DVD
1973-2004	Luc Dejoie	Union des démocrates pour la République, then RPF and UMP
2004-2011	Martine L'Hostis	PS
2011-2015	Rodolphe Amailland	UMP
2015–	Rodolphe Amailland Agnès Paragot	Union de la Droite

Individual evidence

1. ^ Reorganization of the cantons in the Loire-Atlantique department, Article 32
2. ↑ Municipalities in the Loire-Atlantique département ( Memento des Originals of March 4, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. 
3. ↑ Results of the two ballots

Web links

• The canton and its municipalities