Type: | canton |
Samer | |
Seat: | Samer |
Nbcomm: | 18 |
Insee: | 62 44 |
Pop: | 27775 |
Population As Of: | 2012 |
Area: | 166.16 |
Disbanded: | 2015 |
The canton of Samer 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 27,775 inhabitants (2012).[1]
The canton is organised around Samer in the arrondissement of Boulogne-sur-Mer. The altitude varies from 2m (Saint-Léonard) to 199m (Samer) for an average altitude of 53m.
The canton comprised 18 communes:[1]
1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 |
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16792 | 18948 | 21990 | 23822 | 26073 | 26890 |
Census count starting from 1962 : Population without double counting |