Agglomeration community of Artois

Communauté d'agglomération
de l'Artois (Artois Comm.)
Country France
Region Nord-Pas-de-Calais
Department Pas-de-Calais
No. of communes 58
Established December 28, 2001
Seat Béthune
Government
 • President Alain Wacheux
Area
 • Total 387 km2 (149 sq mi)
Population (1999)
 • Total 205,872
 • Density 530/km2 (1,400/sq mi)
Website Artois Comm

The Communauté d'agglomération de l'Artois (Artois Comm.) is a former administrative entity in the Pas-de-Calais département, in northern France. Administrative center: Béthune.

It covered 58 communes, and had a population of approximately 200,000. It was the largest such communauté in Pas-de-Calais (but the most populated was the Communaupole of Lens-Liévin).

It is named after Artois, a former province of France. It was created in 2002. It merged with the Communauté de communes de Nœux et environs in 2014, and was renamed Communauté d'agglomération de Béthune Bruay Nœux et environs. This was merged into the new Communauté d'agglomération de Béthune-Bruay, Artois-Lys Romane in 2017.

Communes

The 58 communes:

Coordinates: 50°30′N 2°35′E / 50.500°N 2.583°E / 50.500; 2.583


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