Canton of Le Crès

The canton of Le Crès is an administrative division of the Hérault department, southern France. It was created at the French canton reorganisation which came into effect in March 2015. Its seat is in Le Crès.[1]

Le Crès
Canton
CountryFrance
RegionOccitanie
DepartmentHérault
No. of communes11
SeatLe Crès
Government
 • RepresentativesYvon Pellet
Claudine Vassas Mejri
 • Term of office2015-2021
Area
 • Total106.91 km2 (41.28 sq mi)
Population
 (2015)
 • Total42,675
 • Density399/km2 (1,030/sq mi)
INSEE code34 07

Composition

It consists of the following communes:[1]

  1. Baillargues
  2. Beaulieu
  3. Castries
  4. Le Crès
  5. Montaud
  6. Restinclières
  7. Saint-Brès
  8. Saint-Drézéry
  9. Saint-Geniès-des-Mourgues
  10. Sussargues
  11. Vendargues

Councillors
ElectionCouncillorsPartyOccupation
2015 Yvon Pellet DVG Mayor of Saint-Geniès-des-Mourgues
2015 Claudine Vassas Mejri PS Councillor of Castries

Pictures of the canton
Saint-Drézéry Municipal Park
The lake of Crès
Aerial view of Sussargues

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

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