Canton of Vitry-en-Artois

Canton of Vitry-en-Artois

Administration
Country	France
Region	Nord-Pas-de-Calais
Department	Pas-de-Calais
Arrondissement	Arras
Communes	28
Chief Town	Vitry-en-Artois
Representative	Martial Stienne
Cantonal code	6246
Statistics
Land area¹	169.31 km²
Population
-1999	26,863
-Density	158.66/km²

¹ French Land Register data, which exclude estuaries, and lakes, ponds, and glaciers larger than 1 km².

The Canton of Vitry-en-Artois is a canton situated in the department of the Pas-de-Calais and in the Nord-Pas-de-Calais region of northern France.

[edit] Geography

The canton is 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 comprises 28 communes and a total of 26,863 inhabitants (census of 1999, without double counting).

Demographic Composition
Commune	Population	Post Code	INSEE Code
Bellonne	249	62490	62106
Biache-Saint-Vaast	3 923	62118	62128
Boiry-Notre-Dame	418	62156	62145
Brebières	4 424	62117	62173
Cagnicourt	386	62182	62192
Corbehem	2 318	62112	62240
Dury	295	62156	62280
Étaing	367	62156	62317
Éterpigny	167	62156	62319
Fresnes-lès-Montauban	499	62490	62355
Gouy-sous-Bellonne	1 258	62112	62383
Hamblain-les-Prés	483	62118	62405
Haucourt	240	62156	62414
Hendecourt-lès-Cagnicourt	286	62182	62424
Monchy-le-Preux	521	62118	62582
Noyelles-sous-Bellonne	568	62490	62627
Pelves	716	62118	62650
Plouvain	460	62118	62660
Récourt	221	62860	62697
Rémy	265	62156	62703
Riencourt-lès-Cagnicourt	279	62182	62709
Rœux	1458	62118	62718
Sailly-en-Ostrevent	647	62490	62734
Saudemont	375	62860	62782
Tortequesne	686	62490	62825
Villers-lès-Cagnicourt	212	62182	62858
Vis-en-Artois	536	62156	62864
Vitry-en-Artois	4606	62490	62865