Canton of Dainville
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The Canton of Dainville is a canton
Cantons of France
The cantons of France are territorial subdivisions of the French Republic's 342 arrondissements and 101 departments.Apart from their role as organizational units in certain aspects of the administration of public services and justice, the chief purpose of the cantons today is to serve as...

 situated in the department of the Pas-de-Calais and in the Nord-Pas-de-Calais region
Régions of France
France is divided into 27 administrative regions , 22 of which are in Metropolitan France, and five of which are overseas. Corsica is a territorial collectivity , but is considered a region in mainstream usage, and is even shown as such on the INSEE website...

 of northern France
France
The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...

.

Geography

The canton is organised around Dainville
Dainville
Dainville is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Nord-Pas-de-Calais region of France.-Geography:A farming and light industrial suburb west of Arras at the junction of the N25 with the D60 and D59 roads.-Population:-Twin towns:...

 in the arrondissement of Arras
Arrondissement of Arras
The arrondissement of Arras is an arrondissement of France, located in the Pas-de-Calais département, in the Nord-Pas-de-Calais région...

. The altitude varies from 53m (Sainte-Catherine
Sainte-Catherine
-Canada:* Sainte-Catherine, Quebec, a municipality of Quebec in Roussillon* Sainte-Catherine-de-Hatley, a municipality of Quebec in Memphrémagog* Sainte-Catherine-de-la-Jacques-Cartier, a municipality of Quebec in La Jacques-Cartier...

) to 145m (Acq
Acq
Acq is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in northern France.-Geography:A farming village located 6 miles northwest of Arras, by the banks of the Scarpe river, at the D62 and D49 road junction.-Population:-Places of interest:...

) for an average altitude of 88m.

Composition

The canton comprises 10 communes
Communes of France
The commune is the lowest level of administrative division in the French Republic. French communes are roughly equivalent to incorporated municipalities or villages in the United States or Gemeinden in Germany...

 and a total of 17,370 inhabitants (census of 1999, without double counting).
style="font-weight: bold; font-size: 1.1em; margin-bottom: 0.5em"| Demographic Composition
Commune Population Post Code INSEE Code
Acq
Acq
Acq is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in northern France.-Geography:A farming village located 6 miles northwest of Arras, by the banks of the Scarpe river, at the D62 and D49 road junction.-Population:-Places of interest:...

 
502 62144 62007
Anzin-Saint-Aubin
Anzin-Saint-Aubin
Anzin-Saint-Aubin is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in northern France.-Geography:A suburb located 2 miles northwest of Arras, at the junction of the D341, D60 and D64 roads, by the banks of the river Scarpe.-History:Anzin St...

 
2470 62223 62037
Dainville
Dainville
Dainville is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Nord-Pas-de-Calais region of France.-Geography:A farming and light industrial suburb west of Arras at the junction of the N25 with the D60 and D59 roads.-Population:-Twin towns:...

5392 62000 62263
Duisans
Duisans
Duisans is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Nord-Pas-de-Calais region of France.-Geography:A farming village northwest of Arras at the junction of the D55 and D56 roads....

 
1091 62161 62279
Écurie
Écurie
Écurie is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Nord-Pas-de-Calais region of France.-Geography:A farming village situated north of Arras at the junction of the N17 and D60 roads.-Population:-Places of interest:...

 
297 62223 62290
Étrun
Étrun
Étrun is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Nord-Pas-de-Calais region of France.-Geography:A farming village situated northwest of Arras, at the junction of the N39 and the D55 roads...

 
326 62161 62320
Marœuil
Marœuil
Marœuil is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Nord-Pas-de-Calais region of France.-Geography:Marœuil is a large farming and light industrial village situated northwest of Arras, at the junction of the D55, D56 and the D60E roads.-History:First recorded as Maraculum around 680, then...

 
2509 62161 62557
Mont-Saint-Éloi
Mont-Saint-Éloi
Mont-Saint-Éloi is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Nord-Pas-de-Calais region of France.-Geography:Mont-Saint-Éloi is situated northwest of Arras, at the junction of the D341 and the D49 roads, on the banks of the river Scarpe.-Population:...

 
1018 62144 62589
Roclincourt
Roclincourt
Roclincourt is a communes in the Pas-de-Calais department in northern France.-Geography:Roclincourt is situated north of the town of Arras, and south of Lens, and approximately from Calais.-List of successive mayors:-World War I:...

 
748 62223 62714
Sainte-Catherine-lès-Arras
Sainte-Catherine-lès-Arras
Sainte-Catherine-lès-Arras is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Nord-Pas-de-Calais region of France.-Geography:Sainte-Catherine-lès-Arras is a large suburb, just north of the centre of Arras, at the junction of the D264 and D63 roads....

 
3017 62223 62744

Population

style="font-weight: bold; font-size: 1.1em; margin-bottom: 0.5em"| Population Evolution
1962 1968 1975 1982 1990 1999
9421 11061 13928 16188 17504 17370
Census count starting from 1962 : Population without double counting
Population without double counting
Population without double counting is an English translation of the phrase Population sans doubles comptes.In France, for the purposes of the census, the INSEE has defined several population indicators that allow people who live in more than one place to be counted in each place, to study and keep...


See also

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

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