The Canton of Hucqueliers is a former canton situated in the Pas-de-Calais département and in the Nord-Pas-de-Calais region of France. It was disbanded following the French canton reorganisation which came into effect in March 2015. It consisted of 24 communes, which joined the canton of Lumbres in 2015.Décret n° 2014-233 du 24 février 2014 portant délimitation des cantons dans le département du Pas-de-Calais It had a total of 8,182 inhabitants (2012).Populations légales 2012: 62 Pas-de-Calais, INSEE
Geography An area of small valleys and plateaux, consisting mostly of farmland, with the town of Hucqueliers in the arrondissement of Montreuil at its centre. The altitude varies from 26m (Alette) to 202m (Bécourt).with an average altitude of 97m.
The canton comprised 24 communes:
Aix-en-Ergny Alette Avesnes Bécourt Beussent Bezinghem Bimont Bourthes Campagne-lès-Boulonnais Clenleu Enquin-sur-Baillons Ergny Herly Hucqueliers Humbert Maninghem Parenty Preures Quilen Rumilly Saint-Michel-sous-Bois Verchocq Wicquinghem Zoteux
Population Population development 1962 1968 1975 1982 1990 1999 699173377013701667476546 Census count starting from 1962 : Population without double counting
See also Cantons of Pas-de-Calais Communes of Pas-de-Calais
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