Canton of Villeurbanne-Nord
| Former canton of Villeurbanne-Nord |
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|---|---|
| region | Rhône-Alpes |
| Department | Rhône |
| Arrondissement | Lyon |
| main place | Villeurbanne |
| Dissolution date | March 29, 2015 |
| Residents | 48,201 (Jan. 1, 2012) |
| Population density | 6,188 inhabitants / km² |
| surface | 7.79 km² |
| Communities | 1 |
| INSEE code | 6933 |
The Canton Villeurbanne North was until 2015 a French canton in the arrondissement of Lyon and the region Rhône-Alpes . It originally belonged to the Rhône department and included the northern part of the city of Villeurbanne . The canton was abolished when the Métropole de Lyon replaced the Département Rhône as the higher-level regional authority in its catchment area at the turn of the year 2014/2015 and the cantons lost their function as constituencies. His last representative in the conseil général des Départements was Gilbert Devinaz ( PS ), he succeeded Bernard Rivalta (also PS, term of office 1979-2011).
Individual evidence
- ↑ Ordonnance n ° 2014-1539 du 19 December 2014 relative à l'élection des conseillers métropolitains de Lyon published in JORF and in Légifrance (French)