Canton of Angers-Nord-Ouest
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The Canton of Angers-Nord-Ouest is a French
France
The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...

 administrative division
Administrative division
An administrative division, subnational entity, or country subdivision is a portion of a country or other political division, established for the purpose of government. Administrative divisions are each granted a certain degree of autonomy, and are required to manage themselves through their own...

, located in the arrondissement of Angers
Arrondissement of Angers
The arrondissement of Angers is an arrondissement of France, located in the Maine-et-Loire département, in the Pays de la Loire région...

, in the Maine-et-Loire
Maine-et-Loire
Maine-et-Loire is a department in west-central France, in the Pays de la Loire region.- History :Maine-et-Loire is one of the original 83 departments created during the French Revolution on March 4, 1790. Originally it was called Mayenne-et-Loire, but its name was changed to Maine-et-Loire in 1791....

 département (Pays-de-la-Loire région).

It has 21,124 inhabitants as of 1999.

Composition

The canton
Cantons of France
The cantons of France are territorial subdivisions of the French Republic's 342 arrondissements and 101 departments.Apart from their role as organizational units in certain aspects of the administration of public services and justice, the chief purpose of the cantons today is to serve as...

 of Angers-Nord-Ouest is composed of 2 communes, including one communal fraction:
  • Angers
    Angers
    Angers is the main city in the Maine-et-Loire department in western France about south-west of Paris. Angers is located in the French region known by its pre-revolutionary, provincial name, Anjou, and its inhabitants are called Angevins....

    : 151,279
  • Avrillé
    Avrillé, Maine-et-Loire
    Avrillé is a commune in the Maine-et-Loire department in western France.-See also:*Communes of the Maine-et-Loire department...

    : 12,991

See also

  • Cantons of the Maine-et-Loire department
  • Communes of the Maine-et-Loire department
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