The Canton of Val d'Oingt (before March 2020: ''canton of Le Bois-d'Oingt'') is a French
administrative division
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, located in the
Rhône
The Rhône ( , ; Occitan language, Occitan: ''Ròse''; Franco-Provençal, Arpitan: ''Rôno'') is a major river in France and Switzerland, rising in the Alps and flowing west and south through Lake Geneva and Southeastern France before dischargi ...
department.
The canton was established in 1790 and modified by decree of 27 February 2014 which came into force in March 2015.
Décret n° 2014-267 du 27 février 2014 portant délimitation des cantons dans le département du Rhône
/ref> The canton was expanded from 18 to 27 communes (5 of which were merged into the new communes Porte des Pierres Dorées
Porte des Pierres Dorées (, literally ''Gate of the Golden Stones'') is a commune in the department of Rhône, eastern France. The municipality was established on 1 January 2017 by merger of the former communes of Pouilly-le-Monial (the seat) a ...
and Val d'Oingt).
Composition
The canton of Val d'Oingt is composed of 23 communes
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Administrative-territorial entities
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:
See also
* Cantons of the Rhône department
The following is a list of the 13 Cantons of France, cantons of the Rhône (department), Rhône Departments of France, department, in France, following the French canton reorganisation which came into effect in March 2015:
*Canton of Anse, Anse
*C ...
* Communes of the Rhône department
The following is a list of the 208 communes of the Rhône department of France. This list does not includes the Lyon Metropolis which has 59 communes. For communes in the Lyon Metropolis, see Communes of the Lyon Metropolis.
The communes coop ...
References
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1790 establishments in France