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.Décret n° 2014-233 du 24 février 2014 portant délimitation des cantons dans le département du Pas-de-Calais It had a total of 7,678 inhabitants (2012).Populations légales 2012: 62 Pas-de-Calais, INSEE
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:
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 72677321 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
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