Canton of Croisilles explained

Type:	canton
Croisilles
Seat:	Croisilles
Nbcomm:	27
Insee:	6220
Pop:	12194
Population As Of:	2012
Area:	186.12
Disbanded:	2015

The Canton of Croisilles 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 12,194 inhabitants (2012).^[1]

Geography

The canton is organized around Croisilles in the arrondissement of Arras. The altitude varies from 52m (Chérisy) to 154m (Bucquoy) for an average altitude of 92m.

The canton comprised 27 communes:^[1]

• Ablainzevelle
• Ayette
• Boiry-Becquerelle
• Boisleux-au-Mont
• Boisleux-Saint-Marc
• Boyelles
• Bucquoy
• Bullecourt
• Chérisy
• Courcelles-le-Comte
• Croisilles
• Douchy-lès-Ayette
• Écoust-Saint-Mein
• Ervillers
• Fontaine-lès-Croisilles
• Gomiécourt
• Guémappe
• Hamelincourt
• Héninel
• Hénin-sur-Cojeul
• Mory
• Moyenneville
• Noreuil
• Saint-Léger
• Saint-Martin-sur-Cojeul
• Vaulx-Vraucourt
• Wancourt

Population

Population Evolution

1962	1968	1975	1982	1990	1999
9493	9816	9416	10021	10774	10907
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

50.1928°N 2.8322°W

Notes and References

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