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.Décret n° 2014-233 du 24 février 2014 portant délimitation des cantons dans le département du Pas-de-Calais It had a total of 10,805 inhabitants (2012).Populations légales 2012: 62 Pas-de-Calais, INSEE
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:
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
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