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Canton of Reyrieux

canton of France

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionSep 23, 2026
Entity authorityQ1726936 ↗
Source-derived summary

The canton of Reyrieux is a former administrative division in eastern France. It was disbanded following the French canton reorganisation which came into effect in March 2015. It had 22,954 inhabitants (2012).

Editorial summary

The public source identifies “Canton of Reyrieux” as canton of France. This brief keeps that definition visible, then builds a research path around Canton, Reyrieux and canton.

Editorial reviewA concise reference frame for defining the subject, testing terminology and identifying the institution closest to the evidence. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—2015, 2012—that can be checked directly. The linked authority record independently contributes the date 1984-12-24. Its value is orientation rather than verdict, with Canton, Reyrieux and canton providing the first useful test.
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Why this record matters

A short description can identify a subject without explaining its stakes. For “Canton of Reyrieux”, the useful work is to connect “canton of France” to the records capable of establishing context and consequence.

Evidence profile

The citation trail is more important than the brevity of the summary: it shows where individual claims can be examined in context. The source revision retrieved here is dated Sep 23, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q1726936. VIAF identifies the subject as 313466259. Authority coordinates are 45.933, 4.817. 1 of 3 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 2015 and 2012.

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This entry incorporates text from “Canton of Reyrieux” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.