Canton of Leforest
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The Canton of Leforest 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 Leforest
Leforest
Leforest is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Nord-Pas-de-Calais region of France.-Geography:Leforest is situated some east of Lens, at the junction of the D161 and the D120 roads.-Population:-References:* -External links:* * *...

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

. The altitude varies from 20 m (Courcelles-lès-Lens
Courcelles-lès-Lens
Courcelles-lès-Lens is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Nord-Pas-de-Calais region of France.-Geography:An ex-coalmining commune, now a light industrial and farming town, situated some east of Lens, on the D160 road, sandwiched by the N43 and the A21 autoroute...

) to 66 m (Leforest
Leforest
Leforest is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Nord-Pas-de-Calais region of France.-Geography:Leforest is situated some east of Lens, at the junction of the D161 and the D120 roads.-Population:-References:* -External links:* * *...

) for an average altitude of 27 m.

Composition

The canton comprises four 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 23,272 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
Courcelles-lès-Lens
Courcelles-lès-Lens
Courcelles-lès-Lens is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Nord-Pas-de-Calais region of France.-Geography:An ex-coalmining commune, now a light industrial and farming town, situated some east of Lens, on the D160 road, sandwiched by the N43 and the A21 autoroute...

 
6119 62970 62249
Dourges
Dourges
Dourges is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Nord-Pas-de-Calais region of France.-Geography:An ex-coalmining commune, now a light industrial and farming town, situated some east of Lens, at junction 17 of the A21 and the A1 autoroutes...

 
5676 62119 62274
Évin-Malmaison
Évin-Malmaison
Évin-Malmaison is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Nord-Pas-de-Calais region of France.-Geography:An ex-coalmining village, now centred on farming and light industry, situated some east of Lens, at the junction of the D161 and the D54...

 
4731 62141 62321
Leforest
Leforest
Leforest is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Nord-Pas-de-Calais region of France.-Geography:Leforest is situated some east of Lens, at the junction of the D161 and the D120 roads.-Population:-References:* -External links:* * *...

6746 62790 62497

Population

style="font-weight: bold; font-size: 1.1em; margin-bottom: 0.5em"| Population Evolution
1962 1968 1975 1982 1990 1999
22146 24137 23711 23059 24278 23272
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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