Arrondissement of Douai explained

Type:	arr
Douai Dowaai
Insee:	593
Nbcomm:	64
Prefecture:	n
Seat:	Douai
Area:	476.6

The arrondissement of Douai (Dowaai) is an arrondissement of France in the Nord department in the Hauts-de-France region. It has 64 communes. Its population is 245,280 (2016), and its area is 476.6km2.^[1]

Composition

The communes of the arrondissement of Douai, and their INSEE codes, are:^[2]

1. Aix-en-Pévèle (59004)
2. Anhiers (59007)
3. Aniche (59008)
4. Arleux (59015)
5. Auberchicourt (59024)
6. Aubigny-au-Bac (59026)
7. Auby (59028)
8. Auchy-lez-Orchies (59029)
9. Beuvry-la-Forêt (59080)
10. Bouvignies (59105)
11. Bruille-lez-Marchiennes (59113)
12. Brunémont (59115)
13. Bugnicourt (59117)
14. Cantin (59126)
15. Courchelettes (59156)
16. Coutiches (59158)
17. Cuincy (59165)
18. Dechy (59170)
19. Douai (59178)
20. Écaillon (59185)
21. Erchin (59199)
22. Erre (59203)
23. Esquerchin (59211)
24. Estrées (59214)
25. Faumont (59222)
26. Féchain (59224)
27. Fenain (59227)
28. Férin (59228)
29. Flers-en-Escrebieux (59234)
30. Flines-lez-Raches (59239)
31. Fressain (59254)
32. Gœulzin (59263)
33. Guesnain (59276)
34. Hamel (59280)
35. Hornaing (59314)
36. Lallaing (59327)
37. Lambres-lez-Douai (59329)
38. Landas (59330)
39. Lauwin-Planque (59334)
40. Lécluse (59336)
41. Lewarde (59345)
42. Loffre (59354)
43. Marchiennes (59375)
44. Marcq-en-Ostrevent (59379)
45. Masny (59390)
46. Monchecourt (59409)
47. Montigny-en-Ostrevent (59414)
48. Nomain (59435)
49. Orchies (59449)
50. Pecquencourt (59456)
51. Râches (59486)
52. Raimbeaucourt (59489)
53. Rieulay (59501)
54. Roost-Warendin (59509)
55. Roucourt (59513)
56. Saméon (59551)
57. Sin-le-Noble (59569)
58. Somain (59574)
59. Tilloy-lez-Marchiennes (59596)
60. Villers-au-Tertre (59620)
61. Vred (59629)
62. Wandignies-Hamage (59637)
63. Warlaing (59642)
64. Waziers (59654)

History

The arrondissement of Douai was created in 1800.^[3]

As a result of the reorganisation of the cantons of France which came into effect in 2015, the borders of the cantons are no longer related to the borders of the arrondissements. The cantons of the arrondissement of Douai were, as of January 2015:^[4]

1. Arleux
2. Douai-Nord
3. Douai-Nord-Est
4. Douai-Sud
5. Douai-Sud-Ouest
6. Marchiennes
7. Orchies

Sub-prefects

• Joseph Masclet (1 Vendémiaire an XII, 24 September 1803)

References

50.3667°N 8°W

Notes and References

1. Web site: Comparateur de territoire, géographie au 01/01/2019. 2019-10-02. INSEE.
2. Web site: Arrondissement de Douai (593). 2019-10-02. INSEE.
3. Web site: Le SPLAF - Historique du Nord. 2021-06-04. splaf.free.fr.
4. https://www.insee.fr/fr/statistiques/fichier/2119595/dep59.pdf Populations légales 2012: 59 Nord