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 km^2 (16.82 sq mi)
Population (2006)
• Total	13,021
• Density	300/km^2 (770/sq mi)
Cantonal code	17 30
¹ French Land Register data, which exclude estuaries, and lakes, ponds, and glaciers larger than 1 km^2.

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

• The canton of Saint-Martin-de-Ré on the site of the Insee (French)
• Located the canton on a map of France (French)

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