Canton of Pas-en-Artois

Pas-en-Artois
Former canton
Country	France
Region	Hauts-de-France
Department	Pas-de-Calais
No. of communes	25
Disbanded	2015
Seat	Pas-en-Artois
Area	15.64 km^2 (6.04 sq mi)
Population  (2012)	7,678
• Density	491/km^2 (1,270/sq mi)

The Canton of Pas-en-Artois is a former canton situated in the department of the Pas-de-Calais and in the Nord-Pas-de-Calais region of northern France. It was disbanded following the French canton reorganisation which came into effect in March 2015. It consisted of 25 communes,^[1] which joined the canton of Avesnes-le-Comte in 2015.^[2] It had a total of 7,678 inhabitants (2012).^[1]

Geography

The canton is organised around Pas-en-Artois in the arrondissement of Arras. The altitude varies from 61m (Amplier) to 172m (Humbercamps) for an average altitude of 128m.

The canton comprised 25 communes:^[1]

• Amplier
• Bienvillers-au-Bois
• Couin
• Famechon
• Foncquevillers
• Gaudiempré
• Gommecourt
• Grincourt-lès-Pas
• Halloy
• Hannescamps
• Hébuterne
• Hénu
• Humbercamps
• Mondicourt
• Orville
• Pas-en-Artois
• Pommera
• Pommier
• Puisieux
• Sailly-au-Bois
• Saint-Amand
• Sarton
• Souastre
• Thièvres
• Warlincourt-lès-Pas

Population

Population Evolution

1962	1968	1975	1982	1990	1999
7531	8034	7646	7330	7267	7321
Census count starting from 1962 : Population without double counting

See also

• Cantons of Pas-de-Calais
• Communes of Pas-de-Calais
• Arrondissements of the Pas-de-Calais department

References

1. Populations légales 2012: 62 Pas-de-Calais, INSEE
2. Décret n° 2014-233 du 24 février 2014 portant délimitation des cantons dans le département du Pas-de-Calais

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