Canton of Campagne-lès-Hesdin explained

Type:	canton
Campagne-lès-Hesdin
Seat:	Campagne-lès-Hesdin
Nbcomm:	23
Insee:	6218
Pop:	11007
Population As Of:	2012
Area:	191.55
Disbanded:	2015

The canton of Campagne-lès-Hesdin 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 consisted of 23 communes, which joined the canton of Auxi-le-Château in 2015.^[1] It had a total of 11,007 inhabitants (2012).^[2]

Geography

An area of small valleys and plateaux, consisting mostly of farmland, with the town of Campagne-lès-Hesdin in the arrondissement of Montreuil at its centre. The altitude varies from 2m (Roussent) to 132m (Boubers-lès-Hesmond).with an average altitude of 44m.

The canton comprised 23 communes:^[2]

• Aix-en-Issart
• Beaurainville
• Boisjean
• Boubers-lès-Hesmond
• Brimeux
• Buire-le-Sec
• Campagne-lès-Hesdin
• Douriez
• Gouy-Saint-André
• Hesmond
• Lespinoy
• Loison-sur-Créquoise
• Maintenay
• Marant
• Marenla
• Maresquel-Ecquemicourt
• Marles-sur-Canche
• Offin
• Roussent
• Saint-Denœux
• Saint-Rémy-au-Bois
• Saulchoy
• Sempy

See also

• Pas-de-Calais
• Cantons of Pas-de-Calais
• Communes of Pas-de-Calais

References

50.3983°N 1.8775°W

Notes and References

1. http://www.legifrance.gouv.fr/affichTexte.do?cidTexte=JORFTEXT000028658412 Décret n° 2014-233 du 24 février 2014 portant délimitation des cantons dans le département du Pas-de-Calais
2. https://www.insee.fr/fr/statistiques/fichier/2119595/dep62.pdf Populations légales 2012: 62 Pas-de-Calais