Map Viewing Service (WMS) of the dataset: Canton within the meaning of INSEE in Haut-Rhin

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)选区（Canton）是自治市镇行政区（borough）的行政区划细分单元，同时也是选举市政政务委员的选举区域。同省（department）一样，该类选区由1789年12月22日的法律正式设立。多数情况下，单个选区包含多个市镇（municipality）。但选区划分并非始终遵循市镇边界：人口最多的市镇会分属多个选区。单个市镇仅隶属于唯一的区（arrondissement）。本图层与BD Carto图层#58 N_CANTON_BDC_ddd中的伪选区图层存在差异，后者收录了市镇的归属选区（待提供更精细的定义）。