Canton of Rémuzat explained

Type:	canton
Rémuzat
Insee:	2620
Seat:	Rémuzat
Pop:	1391
Population As Of:	2012
Area:	28339
Nbcomm:	16
Disbanded:	2015

The Canton of Rémuzat is a former canton located in the Department of Drôme, in the Arrondissement of Nyons. It had 1,391 inhabitants (2012).^[1] It was disbanded following the French canton reorganisation which came into effect in March 2015. It consisted of 16 communes, which joined the canton of Nyons et Baronnies in 2015.^[2]

Composition

It was composed of the following communes:^[1]

• La Charce
• Chauvac-Laux-Montaux
• Cornillac
• Cornillon-sur-l'Oule
• Lemps
• Montferrand-la-Fare
• Montréal-les-Sources
• Pelonne
• Le Poët-Sigillat
• Pommerol
• Rémuzat (chef-lieu)
• Roussieux
• Sahune
• Saint-May
• Verclause
• Villeperdrix

Political history

• 1955-1967 M. Rolland Centrist then DVD
• 1967-1979 M. Latil DVD
• 1979-2004 Jean Besson Socialist Senator of the Drôme since 1989
• 2004-2014 Hervé Rasclard Socialist Deputy mayor of Bourg-de-Péage, Premier Vice-President of the General Council

See also

• Cantons of the Drôme department

References

44.4006°N 5.3892°W

Notes and References

1. https://www.insee.fr/fr/statistiques/fichier/2119595/dep26.pdf Populations légales 2012: 26 Drôme
2. http://www.legifrance.gouv.fr/affichTexte.do?cidTexte=JORFTEXT000028638219 Décret n° 2014-191 du 20 février 2014 portant délimitation des cantons dans le département de la Drôme