The canton of Marquise 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 consisted of 21 communes, which joined the canton of Desvres 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 21,997 inhabitants (2012).Populations légales 2012: 62 Pas-de-Calais, INSEE
Geography The canton is organised around Marquise in the arrondissement of Boulogne-sur-Mer. The altitude varies from 0m (Ambleteuse) to 163m (Leubringhen) for an average altitude of 72m.
The canton comprised 21 communes:
Ambleteuse Audembert Audinghen Audresselles Bazinghen Beuvrequen Ferques Hervelinghen Landrethun-le-Nord Leubringhen Leulinghen-Bernes Maninghen-Henne Marquise Offrethun Rety Rinxent Saint-Inglevert Tardinghen Wacquinghen Wierre-Effroy Wissant
Population Population Evolution 1962 1968 1975 1982 1990 1999 17652 18384 18467 18977 19701 20561 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
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