Canton of Le Parcq explained

Type:	canton
Le Parcq
Seat:	Le Parcq
Nbcomm:	24
Insee:	62 39
Pop:	7658
Population As Of:	2012
Area:	167.04
Disbanded:	2015

The Canton du Parcq is a former canton situated in the Pas-de-Calais département and in the Nord-Pas-de-Calais region of France. It was disbanded following the French canton reorganisation which came into effect in March 2015. It consisted of 24 communes, which joined the canton of Auxi-le-Château in 2015.^[1] It had a total of 7,658 inhabitants (2012).^[2]

Geography

This canton is centred on the village of Le Parcq in the arrondissement of Montreuil. The altitude varies from 25 m at (Grigny) to 142 m at (Azincourt) for an average of 72 m.

The canton comprised 24 communes:^[2]

• Auchy-lès-Hesdin
• Azincourt
• Béalencourt
• Blangy-sur-Ternoise
• Blingel
• Éclimeux
• Fillièvres
• Fresnoy
• Galametz
• Grigny
• Incourt
• Maisoncelle
• Neulette
• Noyelles-lès-Humières
• Le Parcq
• Le Quesnoy-en-Artois
• Rollancourt
• Saint-Georges
• Tramecourt
• Vacqueriette-Erquières
• Vieil-Hesdin
• Wail
• Wamin
• Willeman

Population

Population Growth

1962	1968	1975	1982	1990	1999	2012
7623	8003	7820	7784	7487	7501	7658
Census count starting from 1962 : Population without double counting

See also

• Arrondissement of Montreuil
• Cantons of Pas-de-Calais
• Communes of Pas-de-Calais

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