Canton of Laruns

The Canton Laruns is a further breakdown of the arrondissements Oloron -Sainte -Marie in the Pyrénées-Atlantiques department in the Aquitaine region of France. Representatives of the General Council of the department since 2004 André Berdou.

History

The canton was founded on March 4, 1790 with the establishment of the departments as part of the then " district Oloron ".

With the establishment of the arrondissements on 17 February 1800 the canton was again cut as part of the former arrondissements Oloron.

See also: History Pyrénées-Atlantiques and history Arrondissement Oloron -Sainte -Marie.

Geography

The canton is bordered to the north by the Canton Arudy, on the east by the canton in the Arrondissement Aucun Argelès -Gazost in the Hautes -Pyrénées, Midi-Pyrénées region, in the south of Spain with the Autonomous Region of Aragón and to the west by the Canton Accous.

Communities

The canton consists of eight municipalities: