Canton of Guînes explained

Type:	canton
Guînes
Seat:	Guînes
Nbcomm:	16
Insee:	62 25
Pop:	16,775
Population As Of:	2012
Area:	147.81
Disbanded:	2015

The canton of Guînes 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 16,775 inhabitants (2012).^[1]

Geography

The canton is organised around Guînes in the arrondissement of Calais. The altitude varies from 0m (Guînes) to 199m (Herbinghen) for an average altitude of 59m.

The canton comprised 16 communes:^[1]

• Alembon
• Andres
• Bouquehault
• Boursin
• Caffiers
• Campagne-lès-Guines
• Fiennes
• Guînes
• Hames-Boucres
• Hardinghen
• Herbinghen
• Hermelinghen
• Hocquinghen
• Licques
• Pihen-lès-Guînes
• Sanghen

Population

Population Evolution

1962	1968	1975	1982	1990	1999
12017	12739	12778	13575	14001	14577
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

Notes and References

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