Canton of Vitry-en-Artois

Vitry-en-Artois
Former canton
Country	France
Region	Hauts-de-France
Department	Pas-de-Calais
No. of communes	28
Disbanded	2015
Seat	Vitry-en-Artois
Area	169.31 km2 (65.37 sq mi)
Population  (2012)	28,479
• Density	168/km2 (440/sq mi)

The Canton of Vitry-en-Artois 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 had a total of 28,479 inhabitants (2012).

Geography

The canton was organised around Vitry-en-Artois in the arrondissement of Arras. The altitude varies from 25m (Brebières) to 113m (Monchy-le-Preux) for an average altitude of 57m.

The canton comprised 28 communes:

• Bellonne
• Biache-Saint-Vaast
• Boiry-Notre-Dame
• Brebières
• Cagnicourt
• Corbehem
• Dury
• Étaing
• Éterpigny
• Fresnes-lès-Montauban
• Gouy-sous-Bellonne
• Hamblain-les-Prés
• Haucourt
• Hendecourt-lès-Cagnicourt
• Monchy-le-Preux
• Noyelles-sous-Bellonne
• Pelves
• Plouvain
• Récourt
• Rémy
• Riencourt-lès-Cagnicourt
• Rœux
• Sailly-en-Ostrevent
• Saudemont
• Tortequesne
• Villers-lès-Cagnicourt
• Vis-en-Artois
• Vitry-en-Artois

Population

Population Evolution

1962	1968	1975	1982	1990	1999
20859	22883	25174	25707	27112	26863
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