Cantons of Vienna

The canton is a territorial subdivision of the borough. This is the electoral district within which a departmental 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 the pseudo-cantons of the Carto BD layer #58 N_CANTON_BDC_ddd) because the latter contains the canton of attachment of the municipalities (finer definition to be provided). The contours are in accordance with Decree No 2014-264 of 26 February 2014.