Map Viewing Service (WMS) of the dataset: Canton within the meaning of INSEE in the Loiret

The canton is a territorial subdivision of the borough. It is the electoral district in which a general councillor is elected. The cantons, like the departments, were created by the law of 22 December 1789. In most cases, the cantons comprise several municipalities. But the cantons do not always respect the municipal boundaries: the most populated municipalities belong to several cantons. A township belongs to one and only one arrondissement. Layer different from that of pseudo-cantons of the BD Carto layer #58 N_CANTON_BDC_ddd) because the latter contains the canton of attachment of the municipalities (finer definition to be provided)县选区（canton）是自治市镇（borough）的行政区划单元，同时也是选举政务委员的法定选区。县选区与省（department）均由1789年12月22日颁布的法律设立。多数情况下，单个县选区涵盖多个市镇，但县选区并非始终遵循市镇的行政边界：人口规模最大的市镇会分属多个县选区。单个镇区（township）仅隶属于一个且仅一个区（arrondissement）。本图层与BD Carto图层#58 N_CANTON_BDC_ddd中的伪县选区（pseudo-cantons）图层存在差异，原因在于后者包含了市镇的隶属县选区信息（待提供更精细的定义）