Canton of Louvigné-du-Désert

Louvigné-du-Désert
Former canton
Country	France
Region	Brittany
Department	Ille-et-Vilaine
No. of communes	8
Disbanded	2015
Seat	Louvigné-du-Désert
Area	159 km^2 (61 sq mi)
Population  (2012)	8,596
• Density	54/km^2 (140/sq mi)

The Canton of Louvigné-du-Désert is a former canton of France, in the Ille-et-Vilaine département,^[1] in the northeast of the department. It had 8,596 inhabitants (2012).^[2] It was disbanded following the French canton reorganisation which came into effect in March 2015. It consisted of 8 communes,^[2] which joined the canton of Fougères-2 in 2015.^[3]

The canton contained the following communes:^[2]

• Louvigné-du-Désert
• Saint-Georges-de-Reintembault
• La Bazouge-du-Désert
• Mellé
• Le Ferré
• Poilley
• Villamée
• Monthault

References

1. Résultats des élections cantonales 2011, Ille-et-Vilaine, Ministère de l'Intérieur
2. Populations légales 2012: 35 Ille-et-Vilaine, INSEE
3. Décret n° 2014-177 du 18 février 2014 portant délimitation des cantons dans le département d'Ille-et-Vilaine

48°28′56″N 1°12′05″W