Canton of Marquion
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The Canton of Marquion 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 Marquion
Marquion
Marquion is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Nord-Pas-de-Calais region of France.-Geography:Marquion is a farming and light industrial village situated southwest of Arras, at the junction of the D939 and the D15 roads. Junction 8 of the A26 autoroute is just a mile...

 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 32m (Oisy-le-Verger
Oisy-le-Verger
Oisy-le-Verger is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Nord-Pas-de-Calais region of France.-Geography:Oisy-le-Verger is a farming village situated east of Arras, at the junction of the D21 and D14 roads.-Population:-Places of interest:...

) to 127m (Bourlon
Bourlon
Bourlon is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Nord-Pas-de-Calais region of France.-Geography:A farming village located 22 miles southeast of Arras on the D16 road, just yards from the A26 autoroute.-Population:...

) for an average altitude of 66m.

Composition

The canton comprises 17 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 11,149 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
Baralle
Baralle
Baralle is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Nord-Pas-de-Calais region of France.-Geography:A farming village located 15 miles southeast of Arras at the junction of the D14, D16 and D19 roads. The entire commune was obliterated during World War I.-Population:-Places of interest:*...

 
487 62860 62081
Bourlon
Bourlon
Bourlon is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Nord-Pas-de-Calais region of France.-Geography:A farming village located 22 miles southeast of Arras on the D16 road, just yards from the A26 autoroute.-Population:...

 
1 246 62860 62164
Buissy
Buissy
Buissy is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Nord-Pas-de-Calais region of France.-Geography:A farming village located 15 miles southeast of Arras on the D14 road, at the junction with the D19.-Population:-Places of interest:...

 
229 62860 62184
Écourt-Saint-Quentin
Écourt-Saint-Quentin
Écourt-Saint-Quentin is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Nord-Pas-de-Calais region of France.-Geography:A farming village situated southeast of Arras at the junction of the D13 and D19 roads in a landscape of woods and lakes.-Population:...

 
1 731 62860 62284
Épinoy
Épinoy
Épinoy is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Nord-Pas-de-Calais region of France.-Geography:A farming village situated southeast of Arras at the junction of the N43 and D21 roads.-Population:-Places of interest:* Traces of an old castle....

 
498 62860 62298
Graincourt-lès-Havrincourt
Graincourt-lès-Havrincourt
Graincourt-lès-Havrincourt is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Nord-Pas-de-Calais region of France.-Geography:A farming village situated southeast of Arras, at the junction of the D15 and C5 roads...

 
617 62147 62384
Inchy-en-Artois
Inchy-en-Artois
Inchy-en-Artois is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Nord-Pas-de-Calais region of France.-Geography:Inchy-en-Artois is a farming village situated southeast of Arras, at the junction of the D19 and the D22 roads.-Population:...

 
556 62860 62469
Lagnicourt-Marcel
Lagnicourt-Marcel
Lagnicourt-Marcel is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Nord-Pas-de-Calais region of France.-Geography:A farming village situated southeast of Arras, at the junction of the D18, D14 and the D5 roads.-Population:-Places of interest:...

 
295 62159 62484
Marquion
Marquion
Marquion is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Nord-Pas-de-Calais region of France.-Geography:Marquion is a farming and light industrial village situated southwest of Arras, at the junction of the D939 and the D15 roads. Junction 8 of the A26 autoroute is just a mile...

1008 62860 62559
Oisy-le-Verger
Oisy-le-Verger
Oisy-le-Verger is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Nord-Pas-de-Calais region of France.-Geography:Oisy-le-Verger is a farming village situated east of Arras, at the junction of the D21 and D14 roads.-Population:-Places of interest:...

 
1260 62860 62638
Palluel
Palluel
Palluel is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Nord-Pas-de-Calais region of France.-Geography:Palluel is situated east of Arras, at the junction of the D21 and D13 roads, in the valley of the river Sensée.-History:...

 
520 62860 62646
Pronville
Pronville
Pronville is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Nord-Pas-de-Calais region of France.-Population:-Places of interest:* The church of St.Géry, rebuilt, as was much of the village, after the First World War.-References:* -External links:...

 
272 62860 62671
Quéant
Quéant
Quéant is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Nord-Pas-de-Calais region of France.-Geography:Quéant is situated southeast of Arras, at the junction of the D14 and D22 roads...

 
549 62860 62673
Rumaucourt
Rumaucourt
Rumaucourt is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Nord-Pas-de-Calais region of France.-Population:-Places of interest:* The church of St.Amand, rebuilt, along with most of the village, after World War I.* The German World War I cemetery....

 
724 62860 62728
Sains-lès-Marquion
Sains-lès-Marquion
Sains-lès-Marquion is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Nord-Pas-de-Calais region of France.-Geography:Sains-lès-Marquion lies about southeast of Arras, at the junction of the D15 and D16 roads.-Population:-Places of interest:...

 
300 62860 62739
Sauchy-Cauchy
Sauchy-Cauchy
Sauchy-Cauchy is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Nord-Pas-de-Calais region of France.-Geography:Sauchy-Cauchy lies on the banks of the Canal du Nord, some southeast of Arras, at the junction of the D21E and D14 roads.-Population:...

 
411 62860 62780
Sauchy-Lestrée
Sauchy-Lestrée
Sauchy-Lestrée is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Nord-Pas-de-Calais region of France.-Geography:Sauchy-Lestrée lies southeast of Arras, at the junction of the D21E and D15 roads.-Population:-Places of interest:...

 
446 62860 62781

Population

style="font-weight: bold; font-size: 1.1em; margin-bottom: 0.5em"| Population Evolution
1962 1968 1975 1982 1990 1999
10753 11073 10759 10802 10973 11149
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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