Canton of Beaumetz-lès-Loges explained

Type:	canton
Beaumetz-les-Loges
Seat:	Beaumetz-les-Loges
Nbcomm:	29
Insee:	62 10
Pop:	11999
Population As Of:	2012
Area:	168.97
Disbanded:	2015

The Canton of Beaumetz-lès-Loges 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 had a total of 11,999 inhabitants (2012, without double counting).^[1]

Geography

The canton was organized around Beaumetz-les-Loges in the arrondissement of Arras. The altitude varies from 67m (Agnez-lès-Duisans) to 178m (La Herlière) for an average altitude of 109m.

The canton comprised 29 communes:^[1]

• Adinfer
• Agnez-lès-Duisans
• Bailleulmont
• Bailleulval
• Basseux
• Beaumetz-lès-Loges
• Berles-au-Bois
• Berneville
• Blairville
• Boiry-Saint-Martin
• Boiry-Sainte-Rictrude
• La Cauchie
• Ficheux
• Fosseux
• Gouves
• Gouy-en-Artois
• Habarcq
• Haute-Avesnes
• Hendecourt-lès-Ransart
• La Herlière
• Mercatel
• Monchiet
• Monchy-au-Bois
• Montenescourt
• Ransart
• Rivière
• Simencourt
• Wanquetin
• Warlus

Population

Population Evolution

1962	1968	1975	1982	1990	1999
8810	9284	9725	10818	11743	11670
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

50.2403°N 2.6581°W

Notes and References

1. https://www.insee.fr/fr/statistiques/fichier/2119595/dep62.pdf Populations légales 2012: 62 Pas-de-Calais