Canton of Marie-Galante

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The canton of Marie-Galante is an administrative division of Guadeloupe, an overseas department and region of France. It was created at the French canton reorganisation which came into effect in March 2015. Its seat is in Grand-Bourg.^[1]

The cantons of France are territorial subdivisions of the French Republic's arrondissements and departments.

Guadeloupe is an insular region of France located in the Leeward Islands, part of the Lesser Antilles in the Caribbean. Administratively, it is an overseas region consisting of a single overseas department. With a land area of 1,628 square kilometres and an estimated population of 400,132 as of January 2015, it is the largest and most populous European Union territory in North America.

France, officially the French Republic, is a country whose territory consists of metropolitan France in Western Europe and several overseas regions and territories. The metropolitan area of France extends from the Mediterranean Sea to the English Channel and the North Sea, and from the Rhine to the Atlantic Ocean. It is bordered by Belgium, Luxembourg and Germany to the northeast, Switzerland and Italy to the east, and Andorra and Spain to the south. The overseas territories include French Guiana in South America and several islands in the Atlantic, Pacific and Indian oceans. The country's 18 integral regions span a combined area of 643,801 square kilometres (248,573 sq mi) and a total population of 67.3 million. France, a sovereign state, is a unitary semi-presidential republic with its capital in Paris, the country's largest city and main cultural and commercial centre. Other major urban areas include Lyon, Marseille, Toulouse, Bordeaux, Lille and Nice.

It consists of the following communes:^[1]

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References

1 2 "Décret n° 2014-235 du 24 février 2014 portant délimitation des cantons dans le département de la Guadeloupe | Legifrance" . Retrieved 2017-07-19.

Coordinates: 15°53′N61°19′W / 15.89°N 61.31°W / 15.89; -61.31

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[decret-1] 1 2 "Décret n° 2014-235 du 24 février 2014 portant délimitation des cantons dans le département de la Guadeloupe | Legifrance" . Retrieved 2017-07-19.