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Canton of Quiberon

Coordinates: 47°29′N 3°07′W / 47.48°N 3.12°W / 47.48; -3.12
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Canton of Quiberon
Canton
Location of the canton of Quiberon within Morbihan
Location of the canton of Quiberon within Morbihan
CountryFrance
RegionBrittany
DepartmentMorbihan
No. of communes16
Established15 February 1790
SeatQuiberon
Government
 • Representatives (2015-2021) Karine Bellec (DVD)
Gérard Pierre (LR)
Area
277.40 km2 (107.10 sq mi)
Population
 (2017)
36,230
 • Density131/km2 (340/sq mi)
INSEE code56 17

The canton of Quiberon (French: Canton de Quiberon) is an administrative division of the Morbihan department, northwestern France. Its borders were modified at the 2014 French canton reorganisation which came into effect in March 2015. Its seat is in Quiberon.[1]

Location of the canton of Quiberon in Morbihan prior to 2015

Composition

Since 2015 the canton has consisted of the following communes:[1]

List of communes of the canton of Quiberon
Name INSEE code Intercommunality Total area

(km2)

Population Density

(per km2)

Quiberon

(Canton seat)

56186 Auray Quiberon Terre Atlantique 8.83 4 963 (2014) 562
Carnac 56034 Auray Quiberon Terre Atlantique 32.71 4 212 (2014) 129
Belz 56013 Auray Quiberon Terre Atlantique 15.67 3 655 (2014) 233
Erdeven 56054 Auray Quiberon Terre Atlantique 30.64 3 553 (2014) 116
Locoal-Mendon 56119 Auray Quiberon Terre Atlantique 39.97 3 322 (2014) 83
Ploemel 56161 Auray Quiberon Terre Atlantique 25.16 2 761 (2014) 110
Le Palais 56152 CC of Belle-Île-en-Mer 17.43 2 580 (2014) 148
Plouharnel 56168 Auray Quiberon Terre Atlantique 18.32 2 138 (2014) 117
Saint-Pierre-Quiberon 56234 Auray Quiberon Terre Atlantique 7.54 2 101 (2014) 279
Étel 56055 Auray Quiberon Terre Atlantique 1.74 1 948 (2014) 1 120
La Trinité-sur-Mer 56258 Auray Quiberon Terre Atlantique 6.20 1 633 (2014) 263
Bangor 56009 CC of Belle-Île-en-Mer 25.54 972 (2014) 38
Sauzon 56241 CC of Belle-Île-en-Mer 22.11 932 (2014) 42
Locmaria 56114 CC of Belle-Île-en-Mer 20.55 859 (2014) 42
Île-d'Houat 56086 Auray Quiberon Terre Atlantique 2.91 242 (2014) 83
Hœdic 56085 Auray Quiberon Terre Atlantique 2.08 113 (2014) 54

Prior to reorganisation, the canton only consisted of 7 communes:

References

  1. ^ a b "Décret n° 2014-215 du 21 février 2014 portant délimitation des cantons dans le département du Morbihan | Legifrance". Retrieved 2017-07-12.

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