Country France Seat Saint-Martin-de-Ré Cantonal code 17 30 Commune 5 | Region Poitou-Charentes Communes 5 Department Charente-Maritime | |
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Arrondissement Arrondissement of La Rochelle | ||
The Canton of Saint-Martin-de-Ré is a French former administrative division located in Île de Ré, Charente-Maritime, Poitou-Charentes. It was disbanded following the French canton reorganisation which came into effect in March 2015. It consisted of 5 communes, which joined the new canton of Ile de Ré in 2015. Its chef-lieu was Saint-Martin-de-Ré.
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Geography
The canton is bordered by the pertuis Breton to the north, by the "strait of La Pallice" to the east and the sluice of Antioch to the south. To the west, it adjoins the canton of Ars-en-Ré by the commune of La Couarde-sur-Mer. Its altitude varies all the way from 0 m (La Flotte) to 17 m (Le Bois-Plage-en-Ré) with an average altitude of 8 m (about 8.8 yards high). The nature of its soil as the geology of the island are of the same origin than the one of Aunis, whose Île de Ré represents the western extension.
Administration and demography
The canton is located in the eastern part of Île de Ré and belongs to the arrondissement of La Rochelle. This canton comprises five communes: Le Bois-Plage-en-Ré, La Flotte, Rivedoux-Plage, Saint-Martin-de-Ré, Sainte-Marie-de-Ré. Its chef-lieu is the small port town of Saint-Martin-de-Ré. According to the 2006 census of the population in France without double counting, the five communes of the canton included 13,021 inhabitants.
Politics
List of the general councillors (conseillers généraux) since 1906: