Canton of Hesdin explained

The Canton of Hesdin 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 22 communes, which joined the canton of Auxi-le-Château in 2015.^[1] It had a total of 10,805 inhabitants (2012).^[2]

Geography

The canton is organised around Hesdin in the arrondissement of Montreuil. The altitude varies from 11 m (Tortefontaine) to 133 m (Chériennes) for an average altitude of 55 m.

The canton comprised 22 communes:^[2]

• Aubin-Saint-Vaast
• Bouin-Plumoison
• Brévillers
• Capelle-lès-Hesdin
• Caumont
• Cavron-Saint-Martin
• Chériennes
• Contes
• Guigny
• Guisy
• Hesdin
• Huby-Saint-Leu
• Labroye
• La Loge
• Marconne
• Marconnelle
• Mouriez
• Raye-sur-Authie
• Regnauville
• Sainte-Austreberthe
• Tortefontaine
• Wambercourt

Population

Population Evolution

1962	1968	1975	1982	1990	1999
10290	11109	11640	11779	11515	11420
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. 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