Pignan
Canton
CountryFrance
RegionOccitania
DepartmentHérault
No. of communes8
SeatPignan
Government
 • Representatives (2021–2028) Michelle Cassar
Jacques Martinier[1]
Area
138.18 km2 (53.35 sq mi)
Population
 (Jan. 2021)[2]
45,340
 • Density328/km2 (850/sq mi)
INSEE code34 22

The canton of Pignan is an administrative division of the Hérault department, southern France. Its borders were modified at the French canton reorganisation which came into effect in March 2015. Its seat is in Pignan.[3]

Composition

It consists of the following communes:[3]

  1. Cournonsec
  2. Cournonterral
  3. Fabrègues
  4. Murviel-lès-Montpellier
  5. Pignan
  6. Saint-Georges-d'Orques
  7. Saussan
  8. Villeneuve-lès-Maguelone

Councillors

ElectionCouncillorsPartyOccupation
2015 Anne Amiel LR Councillor of Saint-Georges-d'Orques
2015 Jacques Martinier DVD Mayor of Fabrègues

Pictures of the canton

Oppidum d'Altimurium
seat hall of Pignan
Square in Cournonsec

References

  1. ↑ "Répertoire national des élus: les conseillers départementaux" (in French). data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 16 December 2022.
  2. ↑ "Téléchargement du fichier d'ensemble des populations légales en 2021". The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
  3. 1 2 "Décret n° 2014-258 du 26 février 2014 portant délimitation des cantons dans le département de l'Hérault | Legifrance". Retrieved 2017-06-21.

43°35′N 3°46′E / 43.58°N 3.76°E / 43.58; 3.76

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