Côte d'Argent
Canton
CountryFrance
RegionNouvelle-Aquitaine
DepartmentLandes
No. of communes16
SeatMimizan
Government
 • Representatives (2021–2028) Xavier Fortinon
Muriel Lagorce[1]
Area
967.82 km2 (373.68 sq mi)
Population
 (Jan. 2021)[2]
25,141
 • Density26/km2 (70/sq mi)
INSEE code40 03

The canton of Côte d'Argent is an administrative division of the Landes department, southwestern France. It was created at the French canton reorganisation which came into effect in March 2015. Its seat is in Mimizan.[3]

Composition

It consists of the following communes:[3]

  1. Aureilhan
  2. Bias
  3. Castets
  4. Léon
  5. Lévignacq
  6. Linxe
  7. Lit-et-Mixe
  8. Mézos
  9. Mimizan
  10. Pontenx-les-Forges
  11. Saint-Julien-en-Born
  12. Saint-Michel-Escalus
  13. Saint-Paul-en-Born
  14. Taller
  15. Uza
  16. Vielle-Saint-Girons

Councillors

ElectionCouncillorsPartyOccupation
2015 Xavier Fortinon PS Councillor of Mimizan
2015 Muriel Lagorce PS Former Councillor of Léon

Pictures of the canton

Étang d'Aureilhan
Contis's lighthouse in Saint-Julien-en-Born
Lit-et-Mixe's beach

References

  1. ↑ "Répertoire national des élus: les conseillers départementaux" (in French). data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 16 December 2022.
  2. ↑ "Téléchargement du fichier d'ensemble des populations légales en 2021". The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
  3. 1 2 "Décret n° 2014-181 du 18 février 2014 portant délimitation des cantons dans le département des Landes | Legifrance". Retrieved 2017-06-27.

44°12′N 1°14′W / 44.20°N 1.23°W / 44.20; -1.23

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