Canton of Marquise explained

Type:	canton
Marquise
Seat:	Marquise
Nbcomm:	21
Insee:	62 36
Pop:	21,997
Population As Of:	2012
Area:	183.34
Disbanded:	2015

The canton of Marquise 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 consisted of 21 communes, which joined the canton of Desvres in 2015.^[1] It had a total of 21,997 inhabitants (2012).^[2]

Geography

The canton is organised around Marquise in the arrondissement of Boulogne-sur-Mer. The altitude varies from 0m (Ambleteuse) to 163m (Leubringhen) for an average altitude of 72m.

The canton comprised 21 communes:^[2]

• Ambleteuse
• Audembert
• Audinghen
• Audresselles
• Bazinghen
• Beuvrequen
• Ferques
• Hervelinghen
• Landrethun-le-Nord
• Leubringhen
• Leulinghen-Bernes
• Maninghen-Henne
• Marquise
• Offrethun
• Rety
• Rinxent
• Saint-Inglevert
• Tardinghen
• Wacquinghen
• Wierre-Effroy
• Wissant

Population

Population Evolution

1962	1968	1975	1982	1990	1999
17652	18384	18467	18977	19701	20561
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. 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