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CANTON (borrowed from the Ital. cantone, a corner or angle)

This article appears in Volume V05, Page 221 of the Encyclopedia Britannica.

Encyclopedia Britannica - Main :: CAL-CAR
CANTON (borrowed from the Ital. cantone, a corner or angle) , a word used for certain divisions of some
European
  countries. In
France
 , the
canton
 , which is a subdivision of the arrondissement, is a territorial, rather than an administpative, unit. The
canton
 , of which there are 2908, generally comprises, on an
average
 , about twelve communes, though very large communes are sometimes divided into several cantons. It is the seat of a
justice
  of the peace, and returns a member to the conseil d'arrondissement (see
FRANCE
 ). In Switzerland, canton is the name given to each of the twenty-two states comprising the Swiss confederation (see SWITZERLAND).
In heraldry, a " canton " is a corner or square division on a shield, occupying the upper corner (usually the
dexter
 ). It is in area two-thirds of the
quarter
  (see HERALDRY).


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