Canton of Fauquembergues explained

Type:	canton
Fauquembergues
Seat:	Fauquembergues
Nbcomm:	18
Insee:	62 23
Pop:	9931
Population As Of:	2012
Area:	186.49
Disbanded:	2015

The Canton of Fauquembergues 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 18 communes, which joined the canton of Fruges in 2015.^[1] It had a total of 9,931 inhabitants (2012).^[2]

Geography

This canton is centred on the town of Fauquembergues in the arrondissement of Saint-Omer. The altitude varies from 43m at (Coyecques) to 201m at (Thiembronne) for an average of 106m.

The canton comprised 18 communes:^[2]

• Audincthun
• Avroult
• Beaumetz-lès-Aire
• Bomy
• Coyecques
• Dennebrœucq
• Enguinegatte
• Enquin-les-Mines
• Erny-Saint-Julien
• Fauquembergues
• Febvin-Palfart
• Fléchin
• Laires
• Merck-Saint-Liévin
• Reclinghem
• Renty
• Saint-Martin-d'Hardinghem
• Thiembronne

Population

Population Growth

1962	1968	1975	1982	1990	1999
8523	9066	8522	8358	8431	8492
Census count starting from 1962 : Population without double counting

See also

• Arrondissement of Saint-Omer
• Cantons of Pas-de-Calais
• Communes of Pas-de-Calais

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