Vic-en-Bigorre Canton

Vic-en-Bigorre Canton
region	Occitania
Department	Hautes-Pyrénées
Arrondissement	Tarbes
main place	Vic-en-Bigorre
Residents	12,188 (Jan. 1, 2017)
Population density	90 inhabitants / km²
surface	135.78 km²
Communities	22nd
INSEE code	6517
Location of the canton of Vic-en-Bigorre in the Hautes-Pyrénées department

The canton of Vic-en-Bigorre is a French constituency in the Arrondissement of Tarbes in the Hautes-Pyrénées department in the Occitanie region ; its main town is Vic-en-Bigorre .

The canton is located in the northwest of the department. The communes Escaunets and Villenave-près-Béarn form an exclave of the canton in the Pyrénées-Atlantiques department .

history

The canton was established in 1790 and changed its territory in 1801. Until 2015, it had 15 municipalities. When the cantons were reorganized in 2015, 7 of the 11 communes in the canton of Bordères-sur-l'Échez were added to the previous communes . The canton therefore currently has 22 municipalities.

Communities

The canton consists of 22 municipalities with a total of 12,188 inhabitants (as of 2017) on a total area of ​​135.78 km ² :

local community	Residents January 1, 2017	Area km²	Density of population / km²	Code INSEE	Post Code
Rest	1,396	6.19	226	65007	65390
Artagnan	512	4.94	104	65035	65500
Aurensan	789	7.11	111	65048	65390
Caixon	375	8.55	44	65119	65500
Camalès	384	4.67	82	65121	65500
Escaunets	126	6.24	20th	65160	65500
Gayan	277	2.78	100	65189	65320
Lagarde	524	4.91	107	65244	65320
Marsac	224	1.55	145	65299	65500
Nouilhan	200	4.53	44	65330	65500
Oroix	120	8.90	13	65341	65320
Pintac	22nd	1.49	15th	65364	65320
Pujo	636	5.28	120	65372	65500
Saint-Lézer	426	11.17	38	65390	65500
Sanous	98	1.63	60	65403	65500
Sarniguet	255	2.07	123	65406	65390
Siarrouy	436	6.20	70	65425	65500
Talazac	76	1.58	48	65438	65500
Tarasteix	266	9.85	27	65439	65320
Vic-en-Bigorre	4,897	31.93	153	65460	65500
Villenave-près-Béarn	59	3.09	19th	65476	65500
Villenave-près-Marsac	90	1.12	80	65477	65500
Vic-en-Bigorre Canton	12,188	135.78	90	6517	-

Until the nationwide reorganization of the French cantons in March 2015, the canton Vic-en-Bigorre included the 15 municipalities of Andrest , Artagnan , Caixon , Camalès , Escaunets , Marsac , Nouilhan , Pujo , Saint-Lézer , Sanous , Siarrouy , Talazac , Vic-en -Bigorre , Villenave-près-Béarn and Villenave-près-Marsac . Its layout corresponded to an area of ​​98.67 km ² . Before 2015 it had a different INSEE code than it does today, namely 6525.

Population development in the old canton

year	1962	1968	1975	1982	1990	1999	2006	2012
Residents	7,383	8,044	8,367	8,593	9,450	9.211	9,842	9,363
Source: INSEE

Population development in the new borders

year	2012	2013	2014
Residents	12,319	12,677	12,237
Source: INSEE

politics

In the first ballot on March 22, 2015, none of the four pairs of candidates achieved an absolute majority. In the runoff election on March 29, 2015, Isabelle Lafourcade (DVG) / Bernard Poublan (PRG) won against Anne-Laure Latrille-Larmitou / Clément Menet (Union de la Droite) with 55.71% of the votes (turnout: 58 , 19%).

Since 1945 the canton has had the following members of the Council of the Département:

Representative in the conseil général (1) of the département
Term of office	Surname	Political party
1945-1949	Henri Vignes	MLN
1949-1955	Pierre Bourda	radical
1955-1959	Robert Burret	DVD
1959-1961	Albert Battoue	CNI
1961-1973	Pierre Guillard	Radicals , then MRG
1973-1979	Yvan Souptès	PCF
1979-2015	Claude Miqueu	PS , then DVG
2015–	Isabelle Lafourcade Bernard Poublan	DVG PRG

(1) since 2015 Department Council

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Results of the two ballots

Web links

• Reorganization of the cantons, brief description with map (French)