Canton of Desvres

Canton of Desvres
French canton
Country	France
Region	Nord-Pas-de-Calais-Picardie
Department	Pas-de-Calais
Arrondissement	Boulogne-sur-Mer
Seat	Desvres
Communes	52
Area¹
• Total	428.60 km^2 (165.48 sq mi)
Population (2012)
• Total	44,251
• Density	100/km^2 (270/sq mi)
Cantonal code	62 22
¹ French Land Register data, which exclude estuaries, and lakes, ponds, and glaciers larger than 1 km^2.

The canton of Desvres is a canton situated in the department of the Pas-de-Calais and in the Nord-Pas-de-Calais-Picardie region of northern France. The canton is organised around Desvres in the arrondissement of Boulogne-sur-Mer.

Composition

At the French canton reorganisation which came into effect in March 2015, the canton was expanded from 23 to 52 communes:^[1]

• Alincthun
• Ambleteuse
• Audembert
• Audinghen
• Audresselles
• Bazinghen
• Bellebrune
• Belle-et-Houllefort
• Beuvrequen
• Bournonville
• Brunembert
• Carly
• Colembert
• Courset
• Crémarest
• Desvres
• Doudeauville
• Ferques
• Halinghen
• Henneveux
• Hervelinghen
• Lacres
• Landrethun-le-Nord
• Leubringhen
• Leulinghen-Bernes
• Longfossé
• Longueville
• Lottinghen
• Maninghen-Henne
• Marquise
• Menneville
• Nabringhen
• Offrethun
• Quesques
• Questrecques
• Rety
• Rinxent
• Saint-Inglevert
• Saint-Martin-Choquel
• Samer
• Selles
• Senlecques
• Tardinghen
• Tingry
• Verlincthun
• Vieil-Moutier
• Wacquinghen
• Le Wast
• Wierre-au-Bois
• Wierre-Effroy
• Wirwignes
• Wissant

Population

Population Evolution

1962	1968	1975	1982	1990	1999
12745	13342	13406	13209	13666	14164
Census count starting from 1962 : Population without double counting

See also

• Cantons of Pas-de-Calais
• Communes of Pas-de-Calais
• Pas-de-Calais
• Arrondissements of the Pas-de-Calais department

References

1. Décret n° 2014-233 du 24 février 2014 portant délimitation des cantons dans le département du Pas-de-Calais

External links

• The canton of Desvres on the Insee website (French)

Coordinates: 50°42′12″N 1°51′09″E / 50.70333°N 1.85250°E