Canton of Lodève

Lodève
Lodève
	Canton
Country	France
Region	Occitanie
Department	Hérault
No. of communes	54
Seat	Lodève
Government
• Representatives	Jacques Rigaud; Gaëlle Lévêque
• Term of office	2015-2021
Area
• Total	1,055.31 km2 (407.46 sq mi)
Population (2015)
• Total	35,574
• Density	34/km2 (90/sq mi)
INSEE code	34 11

The canton of Lodève 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 Lodève.[1]

Composition

It consists of the following communes:[1]

Councillors

	Councillors	Party	Occupation
2015	Marie-Christine Bousquet	PS	Mayor of Lodève
2015	Jacques Rigaud	PS	Councillor of Ganges
2017	Irène Tolleret	LREM	Mayor of Fontanès
2019	Gaëlle Lévêque	PS	Councillor of Lodève

Following the death of Marie-Christine Bousquet , his substitute, Irène Tolleret, replaces her in Departmental council of Hérault.[2]
Following Irène Tolleret's election as a Member of the European Parliament in 2019, a cantonal by-election is organized. Gaëlle Lévêque is elected with 70.85% of the votes. [3]

Pictures of the canton

Houses in Saint-Martin-de-Londres

View of Romiguières

View of the "Lac du Salagou" in Celles

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References

"Décret n° 2014-258 du 26 février 2014 portant délimitation des cantons dans le département de l'Hérault | Legifrance". Retrieved 2017-06-21.
Elisabeth Badinier (15 November 2017). "Sudden disappearance of the mayor of Lodève, Marie-Christine Bousquet" (in French). France Bleu. Retrieved 23 February 2018.
Valérie Luxey (8 July 2019). "Lodève: 70.85% of the vote for the socialist Gaëlle Lévêque who wins the partial departmental election against the RN" (in French). France 3. Retrieved 29 March 2020.

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[decret-1] "Décret n° 2014-258 du 26 février 2014 portant délimitation des cantons dans le département de l'Hérault | Legifrance". Retrieved 2017-06-21.

[2] Elisabeth Badinier (15 November 2017). "Sudden disappearance of the mayor of Lodève, Marie-Christine Bousquet" (in French). France Bleu. Retrieved 23 February 2018.

[3] Valérie Luxey (8 July 2019). "Lodève: 70.85% of the vote for the socialist Gaëlle Lévêque who wins the partial departmental election against the RN" (in French). France 3. Retrieved 29 March 2020.