The Canton of Marquion is a former canton 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 that came into effect in March 2015. It consisted of 17 communes, which all joined the canton of Bapaume 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 11,433 inhabitants (2012).Populations légales 2012: 62 Pas-de-Calais, INSEE
Geography The canton was organised around Marquion in the arrondissement of Arras. The altitude varies from at Oisy-le-Verger to at Bourlon, with an average altitude of .
The canton comprised 17 communes:
Baralle Bourlon Buissy Écourt-Saint-Quentin Épinoy Graincourt-lès-Havrincourt Inchy-en-Artois Lagnicourt-Marcel Marquion Oisy-le-Verger Palluel Pronville Quéant Rumaucourt Sains-lès-Marquion Sauchy-Cauchy Sauchy-Lestrée
Population Population Evolution 1962 1968 1975 1982 1990 1999 10753 11073 10759 10802 1097311149 Census count starting from 1962 : Population without double counting
See also Arrondissements of the Pas-de-Calais department Cantons of Pas-de-Calais Communes of Pas-de-Calais
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