List of cantons in Mayotte
The following 13 cantons have existed in the French overseas department of Mayotte since 2015 :
Cantons
Canton | Communities | Residents January 1, 2017 |
Area km² |
Density of population / km² |
Code INSEE |
Arrondissement (s) |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Bandraboua | 2 | 19,883 | - | - | 97601 | - |
Bouéni | 3 | 15,056 | 44.60 | 338 | 97602 | - |
Dembeni | 2 | 22,770 | 54.30 | 419 | 97603 | - |
Dzaoudzi | 1 | 17,831 | 7.87 | 2,266 | 97604 | - |
Koungou | 1 | 23,129 | 9.30 | 2,487 | 97605 | - |
Mamoudzou-1 | 1 | 22,626 | 23.40 | 967 | 97606 | - |
Mamoudzou-2 | 1 | 25,620 | 10.00 | 2,562 | 97607 | - |
Mamoudzou-3 | 1 | 23,191 | 8.80 | 2,635 | 97608 | - |
Mtsamboro | 3 | 16,030 | 33.60 | 477 | 97609 | - |
Ouangani | 2 | 18,498 | 27.01 | 685 | 97610 | - |
Pamandzi | 1 | 11,442 | 4.24 | 2,699 | 97611 | - |
Sada | 2 | 20,076 | 39.02 | 515 | 97612 | - |
Tsingoni | 2 | 20,366 | 56.46 | 361 | 97613 | - |
Mayotte department | 32 | 256,518 | 373.69 | 686 | 976 | - |
history
From 1977 Mayotte was divided into 17 cantons, which exactly corresponded to the 17 municipalities . In 1994 the municipality of Mamoudzou was divided into three cantons, so that the number of cantons rose to 19. With the reorganization of the cantons for the election of the departmental councils in March 2015, the current 13 cantons were created.