The Canton of Fauquembergues 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 18 communes, which joined the canton of Fruges 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 9,931 inhabitants (2012).Populations légales 2012: 62 Pas-de-Calais, INSEE
Geography This canton is centred on the town of Fauquembergues in the arrondissement of Saint-Omer. The altitude varies from 43m at (Coyecques) to 201m at (Thiembronne) for an average of 106m.
The canton comprised 18 communes:
Audincthun Avroult Beaumetz-lès-Aire Bomy Coyecques Dennebrœucq Enguinegatte Enquin-les-Mines Erny-Saint-Julien Fauquembergues Febvin-Palfart Fléchin Laires Merck-Saint-Liévin Reclinghem Renty Saint-Martin-d'Hardinghem Thiembronne
Population Population Growth 1962 1968 1975 1982 1990 1999 852390668522835884318492 Census count starting from 1962 : Population without double counting
See also Arrondissement of Saint-Omer Cantons of Pas-de-Calais Communes of Pas-de-Calais
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