Canton of Saint-Martin-de-Ré

Canton de Saint-Martin-de-Ré
French canton
Country France
Region Poitou-Charentes
Department Charente-Maritime
Arrondissement La Rochelle
Seat Saint-Martin-de-Ré
Communes 5
Government
 • Representative Léon Gendre
Area¹
 • Total 43.56 km2 (16.82 sq mi)
Population (2006)
 • Total 13,021
 • Density 300/km2 (770/sq mi)
Cantonal code 17 30
¹ French Land Register data, which exclude estuaries, and lakes, ponds, and glaciers larger than 1 km2.
Saint-Martin-de-Ré, fishing port, main basin

The Canton of Saint-Martin-de-Ré is a French former administrative division located in Île de Ré, Charente-Maritime, Poitou-Charentes. It was disbanded following the French canton reorganisation which came into effect in March 2015. It consisted of 5 communes, which joined the new canton of Ile de Ré in 2015.[1] Its chef-lieu was Saint-Martin-de-Ré.

Geography

The canton is bordered by the pertuis Breton to the north, by the "strait of La Pallice" to the east and the sluice of Antioch to the south. To the west, it adjoins the canton of Ars-en-Ré by the commune of La Couarde-sur-Mer. Its altitude varies all the way from 0 m (La Flotte) to 17 m (Le Bois-Plage-en-Ré) with an average altitude of 8 m (about 8.8 yards high). The nature of its soil as the geology of the island are of the same origin than the one of Aunis, whose Île de Ré represents the western extension.

Administration and demography

The canton is located in the eastern part of Île de Ré and belongs to the arrondissement of La Rochelle. This canton comprises five communes: Le Bois-Plage-en-Ré, La Flotte, Rivedoux-Plage, Saint-Martin-de-Ré, Sainte-Marie-de-Ré. Its chef-lieu is the small port town of Saint-Martin-de-Ré. According to the 2006 census of the population in France without double counting, the five communes of the canton included 13,021 inhabitants.

Map of Île de Ré : physical geography and urbanization
Commune Inhabitants Postal code INSEE code
Le Bois-Plage-en-Ré 2 293 17580 17051
La Flotte 2 907 17630 17161
Rivedoux-Plage 2 197 17940 17297
Sainte-Marie-de-Ré 3 027 17740 17360
Saint-Martin-de-Ré 2 597 17410 17369

Politics

List of the general councillors (conseillers généraux) since 1906:[2]

Period Conseiller Party Occupation
1906–1920 Gustave Perreau Parti radical Mayor of La Rochelle (1925–1928), senator (1912–1939)
1920- Jules Bernard
-1979 André Chaigne DVD Mayor of Sainte-Marie-de-Ré (1959–1977)
1979–1985 Roland Vergnaud DVD Mayor of Rivedoux-Plage (1977–1983)
1985–present Léon Gendre UMP Mayor of La Flotte since 1977, restaurateur

Elections: results (1979-2011)

2011

Candidate Party % Votes
Léon Gendre UMP 55,04 % 2929
Patrice Raffarin DVD 44,96 % 2393

2004

Candidate Party % Votes
Léon Gendre UMP 50,5 % 3196
Thierry Poitte DVD 19,7 % 1250
Claude Mossé Verts 13,8 % 877
Elise Somprou FN 6,5 % 415
Robert Grignon DVD 5,5 % 347
Daniel Matifas PCF 3,9 % 249

1998

Candidate Party % Votes
Léon Gendre RPR 58,9 % 2873
Alain Mercier PRG 41,1 % 2003

1992

Candidate Party % Votes
Léon Gendre RPR 51,1 % 2351
Alain Mercier MRG 48,9 % 2246

1985

Candidate Party % Votes
Léon Gendre RPR 43,0 % 1915
Paul Laidet MRG 33,7 % 1498
Roland Vergnaud DVD 23,3 % 1037

1979

Candidate Party % Votes
Roland Vergnaud DVD 55,1 % 1970
Léon Gendre RPR 44,9 % 1607

References

  1. ↑ Décret n° 2014-269 du 27 février 2014 portant délimitation des cantons dans le département de la Charente-Maritime
  2. ↑ http://www.interieur.gouv.fr/sections/a_votre_service/resultats-elections/can2004/017/canton30.html

External links

Coordinates: 46°10′37″N 1°20′03″W / 46.17694°N 1.33417°W / 46.17694; -1.33417

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