Canton of Lunel

Canton of Lunel
Canton of Lunel
	Canton
	Location of canton of Lunel in the department of Hérault
Country	France
Region	Occitanie
Department	Hérault
Arrondissement	Montpellier
Seat	Lunel
Communes	15
Government
• Representative	Claude Barral; Bernadette Vignon; 2015-2021
Area¹
• Total	157.91 km2 (60.97 sq mi)
Population (2015)
• Total	48,544
• Density	310/km2 (800/sq mi)
Cantonal code	34 12
	¹ French Land Register data, which exclude estuaries, and lakes, ponds, and glaciers larger than 1 km2.

The canton of Lunel 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 Lunel.^[1]

Composition

It consists of the following communes:^[1]

Councillors

Election		Councillors	Party	Occupation
	2015	Claude Barral	PS	Former Mayor of Lunel
	2015	Bernadette Vignon	DVG	Mayor of Marsillargues

Pictures of the canton

Mediaeval arcades in Lunel

Ambrussum

View of Marsillargues

References

1 2 "Décret n° 2014-258 du 26 février 2014 portant délimitation des cantons dans le département de l'Hérault | Legifrance". Retrieved 2017-06-21.

Coordinates: 43°40′N 4°08′E / 43.67°N 4.13°E / 43.67; 4.13

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[decret-1] 1 2 "Décret n° 2014-258 du 26 février 2014 portant délimitation des cantons dans le département de l'Hérault | Legifrance". Retrieved 2017-06-21.