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French cantonal elections, 2008

Index French cantonal elections, 2008

Cantonal elections to elect half the membership of the general councils of France's 100 departments were held on 9 and 16 March 2008. [1]

43 relations: Ain, Allier, Arnaud Montebourg, Cantons of France, Côte-d'Or, Charente-Maritime, Claude Bartolone, Corrèze, Democratic Movement (France), Departments of France, Deux-Sèvres, Dominique Bussereau, Far-left politics, François Hollande, French Communist Party, French municipal elections, 2008, Green party, Hautes-Alpes, Hautes-Pyrénées, Hauts-de-Seine, Hervé Gaymard, Indre-et-Loire, Jean Sarkozy, Jura (department), Lot-et-Garonne, Mayotte, Miscellaneous left, Miscellaneous right, National Rally (France), National Republican Movement, Nicolas Sarkozy, Pyrénées-Atlantiques, Radical Party of the Left, Regionalism (politics), Saône-et-Loire, Savoie, Seine-Saint-Denis, Socialist Party (France), Somme (department), The Centrists, The Greens (France), Union for a Popular Movement, Val-d'Oise.

Ain

Ain (Arpitan: En) is a department named after the Ain River on the eastern edge of France.

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Allier

Allier; is a French department located in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region of central France named after the river Allier.

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Arnaud Montebourg

Arnaud Montebourg (born 30 October 1962) is a French politician who served in the government of France as Minister of Industrial Renewal from May 2012 to August 2014.

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Cantons of France

The cantons of France are territorial subdivisions of the French Republic's arrondissements and departments.

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Côte-d'Or

Côte-d'Or (literally, "golden slope") is a department in the eastern part of France.

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Charente-Maritime

Charente-Maritime is a department on the southwestern coast of France named after the Charente River.

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Claude Bartolone

Claude Bartolone (born 1951) is a Tunisian-born French politician who was President of the National Assembly of France from 2012 to 2017.

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Corrèze

Corrèze (Corresa) is a department in south-western France, named after the river Corrèze which runs though it.

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Democratic Movement (France)

The Democratic Movement (Mouvement démocrate; MoDem) is a centrist political party in France that is characterised by a strong pro-European stance.

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Departments of France

In the administrative divisions of France, the department (département) is one of the three levels of government below the national level ("territorial collectivities"), between the administrative regions and the commune.

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Deux-Sèvres

Deux-Sèvres is a French department.

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Dominique Bussereau

Dominique Bussereau (born 13 July 1952 in Tours, Indre-et-Loire) is a French politician, was Secretary of State for Transport within the government of François Fillon.

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Far-left politics

Far-left politics are political views located further on the left of the left-right spectrum than the standard political left.

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François Hollande

François Gérard Georges Nicolas Hollande (born 12 August 1954) is a French politician who served as President of France and ex officio Co-Prince of Andorra from 2012 to 2017.

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French Communist Party

The French Communist Party (Parti communiste français, PCF) is a communist party in France.

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French municipal elections, 2008

The French municipal elections of 2008 were held on 9 March in that year (with a second round of voting taking place, where necessary, one week later on 16 March) to elect the municipal councils of France's 36,782 communes.

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Green party

A Green party is a formally organized political party based on the principles of green politics, such as social justice, environmentalism and nonviolence.

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Hautes-Alpes

Hautes-Alpes (Auts Aups) is a department in southeastern France named after the Alps mountain range.

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Hautes-Pyrénées

Hautes-Pyrénées (Gascon/Occitan: Nauts Pirenèus / Hauts Pirenèus; Altos Pirineos; Alts Pirineus) is a department in southwestern France.

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Hauts-de-Seine

Hauts-de-Seine (literally Seine Heights) is a department of France.

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Hervé Gaymard

Hervé Gaymard (born 31 May 1960 in Bourg-Saint-Maurice, Savoie) is a French politician and a member of UMP conservative party.

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Indre-et-Loire

Indre-et-Loire is a department in west-central France named after the Indre and the Loire rivers.

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Jean Sarkozy

Jean Nicolas Brice Sárközy de Nagy-Bócsa (nagybócsai Sárközy János; born 1 September 1986) is the son of the former President of France Nicolas Sarkozy.

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Jura (department)

Jura is a department in the east of France named after the Jura mountains.

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Lot-et-Garonne

Lot-et-Garonne (Òlt e Garona) is a department in the southwest of France named after the Lot and Garonne rivers.

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Mayotte

Mayotte (Mayotte,; Shimaore: Maore,; Mahori) is an insular department and region of France officially named the Department of Mayotte (French: Département de Mayotte).

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Miscellaneous left

Miscellaneous left (divers gauche, DVG) in France refers to left-wing candidates who are not members of a large party.

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Miscellaneous right

Miscellaneous right (divers droite, DVD) in France refers to right-wing candidates who are not members of any large party.

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National Rally (France)

The National Rally (Rassemblement national, RN), formerly known as the National Front (Front national,; FN) until 2018, is a right-wing populist and nationalist political party in France.

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National Republican Movement

The National Republican Movement (Mouvement National Républicain or MNR) is a French nationalist political party, created by Bruno Mégret with former Club de l'Horloge alumni, Yvan Blot (also a member of GRECE) and Jean-Yves Le Gallou, as a split from Jean-Marie Le Pen's National Front on 24 January 1999.

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Nicolas Sarkozy

Nicolas Paul Stéphane Sarközy de Nagy-Bocsa KOGF GCB (born 28 January 1955) is a French politician who served as President of France and ex officio Co-Prince of Andorra from 16 May 2007 until 15 May 2012.

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Pyrénées-Atlantiques

Pyrénées-Atlantiques (Gascon: Pirenèus-Atlantics; Pirinio Atlantiarrak or Pirinio Atlantikoak) is a department in the region of Nouvelle-Aquitaine, in southwestern France.

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Radical Party of the Left

The Radical Party of the Left (Parti radical de gauche, PRG) was a social-liberal political party in France.

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Regionalism (politics)

In politics, regionalism is a political ideology that focuses on the national or normative interests of a particular region, group of regions or another subnational entity.

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Saône-et-Loire

Saône-et-Loire (Arpitan: Sona-et-Lêre) is a French department, named after the Saône and the Loire rivers between which it lies.

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Savoie

Savoie (Arpitan: Savouè, Italian: Savoia, English: Savoy) is a French department in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region of the French Alps.

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Seine-Saint-Denis

italic is a French department located in the italic region.

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Socialist Party (France)

The Socialist Party (Parti socialiste, PS) is a social-democratic political party in France, and the largest party of the French centre-left.

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Somme (department)

Somme is a department of France, located in the north of the country and named after the Somme river.

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The Centrists

The Centrists (Les Centristes, LC), formerly known as New Centre (Nouveau Centre, NC) and European Social Liberal Party (Parti Social Libéral Européen, PSLE), is a centre-right political party in France, formed by the members of the Union for French Democracy (UDF) – including 18 of the 29 members of the UDF in the National Assembly) – who did not agree with François Bayrou's decision to found the Democratic Movement (MoDem) and wanted to support the newly elected president Nicolas Sarkozy, continuing the UDF-Union for a Popular Movement (UMP) alliance. The party foundation was announced on 29 May 2007 during a press conference and renamed on 11 December 2016.

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The Greens (France)

The Greens (Les Verts,; VEC or LV) was a green-ecologist political party in France.

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Union for a Popular Movement

The Union for a Popular Movement (Union pour un mouvement populaire; UMP) was a centre-right political party in France that was one of the two major contemporary political parties in France along with the centre-left Socialist Party (PS).

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Val-d'Oise

Val-d'Oise is a French department, created in 1968 after the split of the Seine-et-Oise department and located in the Île-de-France region.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/French_cantonal_elections,_2008

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