Canton of Vitry-en-Artois explained

Type:	canton
Vitry-en-Artois
Seat:	Vitry-en-Artois
Nbcomm:	28
Insee:	6246
Pop:	28479
Population As Of:	2012
Area:	169.31
Disbanded:	2015

The Canton of Vitry-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 had a total of 28,479 inhabitants (2012).^[1]

Geography

The canton was organised around Vitry-en-Artois in the arrondissement of Arras. The altitude varies from 25m (Brebières) to 113m (Monchy-le-Preux) for an average altitude of 57m.

The canton comprised 28 communes:^[1]

• Bellonne
• Biache-Saint-Vaast
• Boiry-Notre-Dame
• Brebières
• Cagnicourt
• Corbehem
• Dury
• Étaing
• Éterpigny
• Fresnes-lès-Montauban
• Gouy-sous-Bellonne
• Hamblain-les-Prés
• Haucourt
• Hendecourt-lès-Cagnicourt
• Monchy-le-Preux
• Noyelles-sous-Bellonne
• Pelves
• Plouvain
• Récourt
• Rémy
• Riencourt-lès-Cagnicourt
• Rœux
• Sailly-en-Ostrevent
• Saudemont
• Tortequesne
• Villers-lès-Cagnicourt
• Vis-en-Artois
• Vitry-en-Artois

Population

Population Evolution

1962	1968	1975	1982	1990	1999
20859	22883	25174	25707	27112	26863
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