Canton of Vandœuvre-lès-Nancy-Ouest

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Canton of Vandœuvre-lès-Nancy-Ouest
Former canton
Country	France
Region	Grand Est
Department	Meurthe-et-Moselle
No. of communes	1
Disbanded	2015
Seat	Vandœuvre-lès-Nancy
Government
• Representatives	Marc Saint-Denis
Population  (2012)	16,374

The canton of Vandœuvre-lès-Nancy-Ouest (French: Canton de Vandœuvre-lès-Nancy-Ouest) is a former French canton located in the department of Meurthe-et-Moselle in the Lorraine region (now part of Grand Est).

Background

It was created in 1997, by splitting the canton of Vandœuvre-lès-Nancy, which also gave rise to the canton of Vandœuvre-lès-Nancy-Est.^[1]

The last general councillor from this canton was Marc Saint-Denis (MoDem), elected in 2008.^[2]

Composition

The canton of Vandœuvre-lès-Nancy-Ouest was made up of a fraction of the commune of Vandœuvre-lès-Nancy and had 16,374 inhabitants (2012 census without double counts).^[3]