The canton of Liévin-Sud 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

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 of northern France

France

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.

Geography

The canton is organised around Liévin

Liévin

Liévin is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in northern France.-Overview:The city of Liévin is an old mining city of Pas-de-Calais. Near Lens, this modest-sized city nevertheless has several nursery schools, schools, colleges, a university, a swimming pool, a city library, a cultural and...

 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 31m (Éleu-dit-Leauwette

Éleu-dit-Leauwette

Éleu-dit-Leauwette is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Nord-Pas-de-Calais region of France.-Geography:A suburban township, situated just south of the centre of Lens, at the junction of the D55, D58 and the A211 autoroute.-History:...

) to 106 m (Angres

Angres

Angres 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 situated just southwest of Lens centre, at the junction of the D51 and D58e roads...

)for an average altitude of 55m.

Composition

The canton comprises three 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 25,576 inhabitants (census of 1999, without double counting).

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Commune	Population	Post Code	INSEE Code
Angres Angres Angres 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 situated just southwest of Lens centre, at the junction of the D51 and D58e roads...	4469	62143	62032
Éleu-dit-Leauwette Éleu-dit-Leauwette Éleu-dit-Leauwette is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Nord-Pas-de-Calais region of France.-Geography:A suburban township, situated just south of the centre of Lens, at the junction of the D55, D58 and the A211 autoroute.-History:...	3107	62300	62291
Liévin Liévin Liévin is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in northern France.-Overview:The city of Liévin is an old mining city of Pas-de-Calais. Near Lens, this modest-sized city nevertheless has several nursery schools, schools, colleges, a university, a swimming pool, a city library, a cultural and...	33427 (1)	62800	62510

(1) only a fraction of the commune.

See also

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

External links

• The canton of Liévin-Sud on the Insee website