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canton of France

former French electoral constituency, and former administrative subdivision of an arrondissement, until March 2015
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canton of France

Summary

canton of France is a type of French administrative division[1]. It draws 399 Wikipedia views per month (type_of_french_administrative_division category, ranking #5 of 9).[2]

Key Facts

  • canton of France is in the country of France[3].
  • canton of France is a type of canton[4].
  • canton of France is a type of former administrative territorial entity[5].
  • canton of France's Commons category is recorded as Former cantons of France[6].
  • canton of France ended on March 21, 2015[7].
  • canton of France's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Former cantons of France[8].
  • canton of France's described by source is recorded as Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[9].
  • canton of France's described by source is recorded as Otto's encyclopedia[10].
  • canton of France's replaced by is recorded as canton of France[11].
  • canton of France's official name is recorded as {'lang': 'fr', 'text': 'canton'}[12].
  • canton of France's different from is recorded as Kanton[13].
  • canton of France's Wikidata usage instructions is recorded as {'lang': 'fr', 'text': "Depuis mars 2015, ce n'est plus une des subdivisions administratives d'un arrondissement, mais uniquement une des circonscriptions électorales d'un département"}[14].
  • canton of France's Wikidata usage instructions is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': "Since March 2015, it's no longer one of administrative subdivisions of an arrondissement, but only one of electoral constituencies of a département"}[15].
  • canton of France's has part is recorded as commune of France[16].
  • canton of France's has part is recorded as fraction cantonale[17].

Body

Definition and Type

Recorded subclass of include canton[4] and former administrative territorial entity[5].

Why It Matters

canton of France draws 399 Wikipedia views per month (type_of_french_administrative_division category, ranking #5 of 9).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 28 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[18] It is known by 35 alternative names across languages and contexts.[19]

Related Entities

France

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [18] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [19] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 6w ago · KrBot bot · 2026-05-30 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Topic's main category → Category:Former cantons of France
    Aliases → —
    Replaced by → —
    Subclass of → administrative territorial entity of France, third-level administrative division, fourth-level administrative division +4
    + 13 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
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