Cantons

Cantonal boundaries of the department of Hauts-de-Seine

Created in 1790 to bring the administered closer to the administration, the department of Hauts-de-Seine, then made up of the department of the Seine and the department of Seine-et-Oise, has undergone a geographical evolution designed by several administrative changes. The administrative reform of the Paris region in 1964 led to the territorial entity we know today.

The canton is the electoral district in which departmental councillors (ex-general councillors) are elected. Cantons of the departmental elections of Haute-Savoie _ 2022 From the election of 2015, the general councils thus took the name of departmental councils. Another major change on this occasion: the introduction of a new binomial voting system (voters vote for a male-female duo) which effectively imposes parity within these departmental bodies.

Decree No. 2014-256 of 26 February 2014 delimiting the cantons in the department of Hauts-de-Seine brings their number to 23.

Special comments

This dataset consists of:

• Former cantons, electoral districts of the councillors general (45 cantons) that you will find in the tab "Export" in the form of an alternative export of this dataset.
• From the current cantonal division as of February 26, 2014, electoral district of the departmental councilors (23 cantons).

From these 2 layers of geographical information, you have the possibility to make maps using the cantonal grid as a unit of study.

Related data

Legifrance.gouv.fr - Delimitation of cantons
Decree No 2014-256 of 26 February 2014 on the delimitation of the cantons in the department of Hauts-de-Seine

Légifrance.gouv.fr - Election of departmental councillors
Law No 2013-403 of 17 May 2013 on the election of departmental, municipal and community councillors

vie-publique.fr
What is the voting method for departmental elections?

Hauts-de-Seine.fr
Draft decree decoupage des cantons des hautes-de-seine

Hauts-de-Seine.fr - Elections
Departmental elections, what changes in 2015?

Communes of the Hauts-de-Seine department
Access municipal boundary data