The Canton of Céret is a French former
canton of
Pyrénées-Orientales
Pyrénées-Orientales (; ca, Pirineus Orientals ; oc, Pirenèus Orientals ; ), also known as Northern Catalonia, is a department of the region of Occitania, Southern France, adjacent to the northern Spanish frontier and the Mediterranean Sea. ... department, in
Languedoc-Roussillon
Languedoc-Roussillon (; oc, Lengadòc-Rosselhon ; ca, Llenguadoc-Rosselló) is a former administrative region of France. On 1 January 2016, it joined with the region of Midi-Pyrénées to become Occitania. It comprised five departments, and ... . It had 22,167 inhabitants (2012).
Populations légales 2012: 66 Pyrénées-Orientales INSEE It was disbanded following the French canton reorganisation which came into effect in March 2015.
History
The canton of Céret was created in 1790 as part of the
district of Céret
A district is a type of administrative division that, in some countries, is managed by the local government. Across the world, areas known as "districts" vary greatly in size, spanning regions or counties, several municipalities, subdivisions o ... , and then of the
arrondissement of Céret
The arrondissement of Céret is an arrondissement of France in the Pyrénées-Orientales department (Northern Catalonia) in the Occitanie region. It has 64 communes. Its population is 129,464 (2016), and its area is .
Composition
The communes of ... .
[Jean-Pierre Pélissier, Paroisses et communes de France : dictionnaire d'histoire administrative et démographique, vol. 66 : Pyrénées-Orientales, Paris, CNRS, 1986, 378 p. ()]
The commune of
Les Cluses
Les Cluses () is a commune in the Pyrénées-Orientales department in southern France.
Geography Localisation
Les Cluses is located in the canton of Vallespir-Albères and in the arrondissement of Céret.
Population
See also
*Com ... was separated from the
canton of Laroque
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
Arts and ent ... and attached to the canton of Céret in 1801.
[
Following various incidents the elections of 1858 for the canton of Céret were cancelled in 1859 and a new councillor was then elected.][ Fabricio Cardenas]Vieux papiers des Pyrénées-Orientales, ''Annulation des élections de 1858 du canton de Céret'' 23 march 2014
The commune of L'Albère
L'Albère ( ca, L'Albera) is a commune in the Pyrénées-Orientales department in southern France.
Geography
Localisation
L'Albère is located in the canton of Vallespir-Albères and in the arrondissement of Céret.
Toponymy
The name ... was separated from the canton of Argelès-sur-Mer and attached to the canton of Céret in 1947.[
] Composition
The canton comprised the following 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, ... :[
*]Céret
Céret (; ) is a commune in the Pyrénées-Orientales department in southern France. It is the capital of the historic Catalan comarca of Vallespir.
Geography
The town lies in the foothills of the Pyrénées mountains, in southern France. ...
*L'Albère
L'Albère ( ca, L'Albera) is a commune in the Pyrénées-Orientales department in southern France.
Geography
Localisation
L'Albère is located in the canton of Vallespir-Albères and in the arrondissement of Céret.
Toponymy
The name ...
*Banyuls-dels-Aspres
Banyuls-dels-Aspres (; ca, Banyuls dels Aspres) is a commune in the Pyrénées-Orientales department in southern France.
Geography Localisation
Banyuls-dels-Aspres is located in the canton of Les Aspres and in the arrondissement of Céret.
...
*Le Boulou
Le Boulou (; ca, El Voló ) is a commune in the Pyrénées-Orientales department in southern France.
It is situated 12 km from the Spanish border.
Geography Localisation
The town of Le Boulou is located in the canton of Vallespir-Albè ...
*Calmeilles
Calmeilles (; ca, Calmella) is a commune in the Pyrénées-Orientales department in southern France.
Geography Localisation
Calmeilles is located in the canton of Les Aspres and in the arrondissement of Céret.
Government and politics ...
*Les Cluses
Les Cluses () is a commune in the Pyrénées-Orientales department in southern France.
Geography Localisation
Les Cluses is located in the canton of Vallespir-Albères and in the arrondissement of Céret.
Population
See also
*Com ...
*Maureillas-las-Illas
Maureillas-las-Illas (; ca, Morellàs i les Illes) is a rural commune in the Vallespir, Pyrénées-Orientales in the south of France. The commune belongs to the ''Communauté de communes'' of Vallespir uniting Maureillas-las-Illas with nine oth ...
* Montauriol
* Oms
*Le Perthus
Le Perthus (, ca, El Pertús, ) is a commune in the Pyrénées-Orientales department in southern France. Natives of Le Pertus are called ''Perthusiens'' and, in 2016, there were 586 inhabitants.
Le Perthus is also one of French territories on th ...
*Reynès
Reynès (; ca, Reiners) is a commune in the Pyrénées-Orientales department in southern France.
Geography
Reynès is in the canton of Le Canigou and in the arrondissement of Céret.
Population
Talc
Reynès was home to a very produ ...
*Saint-Jean-Pla-de-Corts
Saint-Jean-Pla-de-Corts (; oc, Sant Joan de Pladecorts) is a commune in the Pyrénées-Orientales department in southern France.
Geography
Saint-Jean-Pla-de-Corts is located in the canton of Vallespir-Albères and in the arrondissement of Cà ...
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