Canton of Pas-en-Artois explained

Type:	canton
Pas-en-Artois
Seat:	Pas-en-Artois
Nbcomm:	25
Insee:	6240
Pop:	7678
Population As Of:	2012
Area:	15.64
Disbanded:	2015

The Canton of Pas-en-Artois 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 25 communes, which joined the canton of Avesnes-le-Comte in 2015.^[1] It had a total of 7,678 inhabitants (2012).^[2]

Geography

The canton is organised around Pas-en-Artois in the arrondissement of Arras. The altitude varies from 61m (Amplier) to 172m (Humbercamps) for an average altitude of 128m.

The canton comprised 25 communes:^[2]

• Amplier
• Bienvillers-au-Bois
• Couin
• Famechon
• Foncquevillers
• Gaudiempré
• Gommecourt
• Grincourt-lès-Pas
• Halloy
• Hannescamps
• Hébuterne
• Hénu
• Humbercamps
• Mondicourt
• Orville
• Pas-en-Artois
• Pommera
• Pommier
• Puisieux
• Sailly-au-Bois
• Saint-Amand
• Sarton
• Souastre
• Thièvres
• Warlincourt-lès-Pas

Population

Population Evolution

1962	1968	1975	1982	1990	1999
7531	8034	7646	7330	7267	7321
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