Type: | canton |
Arques | |
Seat: | Arques |
Nbcomm: | 5 |
Insee: | 62 62 |
Pop: | 20550 |
Population As Of: | 2012 |
Disbanded: | 2015 |
The Canton of Arques is a former canton situated in the Pas-de-Calais département and in the Nord-Pas-de-Calais region of France. It was disbanded following the French canton reorganisation which came into effect in March 2015. It had a total of 20,550 inhabitants (2012, without double counting).[1]
This canton was centred on the town of Arques in the arrondissement of Saint-Omer. The altitude varies from 0m at (Saint-Omer) to 95m at (Helfaut) for an average of 28m.
The canton comprised 5 communes:[1]