canton
Canton may refer to:
Administrative division terminology
* Canton (administrative division), territorial/administrative division in some countries, notably Switzerland
* Township (Canada), known as ''canton'' in Canadian French
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Bouches-du-Rhône
Bouches-du-Rhône ( , , ; oc, Bocas de Ròse ; "Mouths of the Rhône") is a department in Southern France. It borders Vaucluse to the north, Gard to the west and Var to the east. The Mediterranean Sea lies to the south. Its prefecture and large ...
in southern
France
France (), officially the French Republic ( ), is a country primarily located in Western Europe. It also comprises of Overseas France, overseas regions and territories in the Americas and the Atlantic Ocean, Atlantic, Pacific Ocean, Pac ...
Roland Giberti
Roland Giberti, born in Gémenos (Bouches-du-Rhône department, Provence-Alpes-Côte-d'Azur region)) in 1951, is a French politician belonging to the Nouveau Centre party.
Trained as a mathematics' teacher, he was elected mayor of Gémenos in ...
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Nouveau Centre
The Centrists (french: Les Centristes, LC), formerly known as New Centre (''Nouveau Centre'', NC) and European Social Liberal Party (''Parti Social Libéral Européen'', PSLE), is a centre-right political party in France formed by the members of t ...
, 2004-2014)
Area
It was composed of the eastern half of
Aubagne
Aubagne (, ''Aubanha'' in Occitan language, Occitan according to the classic norm or ''Aubagno'' according to the Mistralian norm) is a Commune in France, commune in the southern French Departments of France, department of Bouches-du-Rhône. In ...
defined by a line through chemin de Font-de-Mai, route d'Eoure, A501 autoroute, avenue Roger-Salengro, avenue de Garlaban, the railway line and the chemin de Fenestrelle. It also contained the
communes
An intentional community is a voluntary residential community which is designed to have a high degree of social cohesion and teamwork from the start. The members of an intentional community typically hold a common social, political, religious, ...
of
Carnoux-en-Provence
Carnoux-en-Provence (; oc, Carnós de Provença), commonly referred to simply as Carnoux, is a commune in the Bouches-du-Rhône department in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region in Southern France. It was created in 1966 from the commune of ...
,
Cassis
Cassis (; Occitan: ''Cassís'') is a commune situated east of Marseille in the department of Bouches-du-Rhône in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region, whose coastline is known in English as the French Riviera, in Southern France. In 2016, it ...
,
Cuges-les-Pins
Cuges-les-Pins (; oc, Cuja), commonly referred to simply as Cuges, is a commune in the Bouches-du-Rhône department in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region in Southern France. Situated east of Marseille, on the departmental border with Var, ...
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Gémenos
Gémenos (; oc, Gèmas) is a commune located 20 kilometers east of Marseille in the Bouches-du-Rhône department in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region in southern France.
Population
History
A property abstract belonging to Wilhem, Coun ...
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Roquefort-la-Bédoule
Roquefort-la-Bédoule (; oc, Ròcafòrt e la Bedola) is a commune in the Bouches-du-Rhône department in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region in Southern France. Its inhabitants are called ''Bédoulens'' (masculine) and ''Bédoulennes'' (femin ...
.
See also
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Arrondissement of Marseille
The arrondissement of Marseille is an arrondissement of France in the Bouches-du-Rhône department in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region. It has 21 communes. Its population is 1,069,909 (2016), and its area is .
Composition
The communes of t ...
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Cantons of the Bouches-du-Rhône department The following is a list of the 29 cantons of the Bouches-du-Rhône department, in France, following the French canton reorganisation which came into effect in March 2015:
* Aix-en-Provence-1
* Aix-en-Provence-2
* Allauch
* Arles
* Aubagne
* Berre ...