Canton in Brittany, France
The Canton of Quiberon (French: canton de Quiberon; Breton: Kanton Kiberen) 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.[3]
Location of the canton of Quiberon in Morbihan prior to 2015
Composition
Composition before 2015
Prior to 2015 the Canton of Quiberon grouped together 7 distinct communes.
List of communes of the Canton of Quiberon prior to the 2014 cantonal redistribution
Name
|
INSEE code
|
Postal Code
|
Total area
(km2)
|
Population
(2012)
|
Density
(per km2)
|
Quiberon
(Canton seat)
|
56186
|
56170
|
8.83
|
5,008
|
567
|
Carnac
|
56034
|
56340
|
32.71
|
4,204
|
129
|
Hœdic
|
56085
|
56170
|
2.08
|
121
|
58
|
Île-d'Houat
|
56086
|
56170
|
2.91
|
249
|
86
|
Plouharnel
|
56168
|
56340
|
18.32
|
2,126
|
116
|
Saint-Pierre-Quiberon
|
56234
|
56510
|
7.54
|
2,116
|
281
|
La Trinité-sur-Mer
|
56258
|
56470
|
6.20
|
1,635
|
264
|
Composition since 2015
The Canton of Quiberon currently consists of 16 communes in their entirety. [3]
List of communes of the canton of Quiberon on 1 January 2022
Name
|
INSEE code
|
Intercommunality
|
Total area
(km2)
|
Population
(2014)
|
Density
(per km2)
|
Quiberon
(Canton seat)
|
56186
|
Auray Quiberon Terre Atlantique
|
8.83
|
4,963
|
562
|
Carnac
|
56034
|
Auray Quiberon Terre Atlantique
|
32.71
|
4,212
|
129
|
Belz
|
56013
|
Auray Quiberon Terre Atlantique
|
15.67
|
3,655
|
233
|
Erdeven
|
56054
|
Auray Quiberon Terre Atlantique
|
30.64
|
3,553
|
116
|
Locoal-Mendon
|
56119
|
Auray Quiberon Terre Atlantique
|
39.97
|
3,322
|
83
|
Ploemel
|
56161
|
Auray Quiberon Terre Atlantique
|
25.16
|
2,761
|
110
|
Le Palais
|
56152
|
CC of Belle-Île-en-Mer
|
17.43
|
2,580
|
148
|
Plouharnel
|
56168
|
Auray Quiberon Terre Atlantique
|
18.32
|
2,138
|
117
|
Saint-Pierre-Quiberon
|
56234
|
Auray Quiberon Terre Atlantique
|
7.54
|
2,101
|
279
|
Étel
|
56055
|
Auray Quiberon Terre Atlantique
|
1.74
|
1,948
|
1,120
|
La Trinité-sur-Mer
|
56258
|
Auray Quiberon Terre Atlantique
|
6.20
|
1,633
|
263
|
Bangor
|
56009
|
CC of Belle-Île-en-Mer
|
25.54
|
972
|
38
|
Sauzon
|
56241
|
CC of Belle-Île-en-Mer
|
22.11
|
932
|
42
|
Locmaria
|
56114
|
CC of Belle-Île-en-Mer
|
20.55
|
859
|
42
|
Île-d'Houat
|
56086
|
Auray Quiberon Terre Atlantique
|
2.91
|
242
|
83
|
Hœdic
|
56085
|
Auray Quiberon Terre Atlantique
|
2.08
|
113
|
54
|
Canton de Quiberon
|
5617
|
|
277.40
|
36,698
(2019)
|
132
|
References
47°29′N 3°07′W / 47.48°N 3.12°W / 47.48; -3.12