Canton of Saint-Méen-le-Grand

Canton of Saint-Méen-le-Grand
French canton
Country	France
Region	Brittany
Department	Ille-et-Vilaine
Seat	Saint-Méen-le-Grand
Communes	9
Government
• Representative	Armel Jalu (PS) 2008-2014
Area¹
• Total	185 km² (71 sq mi)
Population (1999)
• Total	8,531
• Density	46/km² (120/sq mi)
Cantonal code	35 38
¹ French Land Register data, which exclude estuaries, and lakes, ponds, and glaciers larger than 1 km².

The Canton of Saint-Méen-le-Grand is a former canton of France, in the Ille-et-Vilaine département, located southwest of Rennes. It was disbanded following the French canton reorganisation which came into effect in March 2015. It consisted of 9 communes, which joined the canton of Montauban-de-Bretagne in 2015.^[1] It is located between Rennes and Brest.

The canton contained the following communes:

Cantons of the Ille-et-Vilaine department

After 2015 (27 cantons)	Antrain Bain-de-Bretagne Betton Bruz Châteaugiron Combourg Dol-de-Bretagne Fougères-1 Fougères-2 La Guerche-de-Bretagne Guichen Janzé Liffré Melesse Montauban-de-Bretagne Montfort-sur-Meu Redon Rennes-1 Rennes-2 Rennes-3 Rennes-4 Rennes-5 Rennes-6 Le Rheu Saint-Malo-1 Saint-Malo-2 Vitré

Before 2015 (53 cantons)	Antrain Argentré-du-Plessis Bain-de-Bretagne Bécherel Betton Bruz Cancale Cesson-Sévigné Châteaubourg Châteaugiron Châteauneuf-d'Ille-et-Vilaine Combourg Dinard Dol-de-Bretagne Fougères-Nord Fougères-Sud Grand-Fougeray Guichen Hédé Janzé La Guerche-de-Bretagne Le Sel-de-Bretagne Liffré Louvigné-du-Désert Maure-de-Bretagne Montauban-de-Bretagne Montfort-sur-Meu Mordelles Pipriac Pleine-Fougères Plélan-le-Grand Redon Rennes-Brequigny Rennes-Centre Rennes-Centre-Ouest Rennes-Centre-Sud Rennes-Est Rennes-le-Blosne Rennes-Nord Rennes-Nord-Est Rennes-Nord-Ouest Rennes-Sud-Est Rennes-Sud-Ouest Retiers Saint-Aubin-d'Aubigné Saint-Aubin-du-Cormier Saint-Brice-en-Coglès Saint-Malo-Nord Saint-Malo-Sud Saint-Méen-le-Grand Tinténiac Vitré-Est Vitré-Ouest

Coordinates: 48°09′32″N 2°08′48″W / 48.15889°N 2.14667°W / 48.15889; -2.14667

References

↑ Décret n° 2014-177 du 18 février 2014 portant délimitation des cantons dans le département d'Ille-et-Vilaine

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