Canton of Fruges

Canton of Fruges
Canton
Country France
Region Hauts-de-France
Department Pas-de-Calais
Seat Fruges
Communes 52
Area¹
 • Total 457.91 km2 (176.80 sq mi)
Population (2012)
 • Total 30,949
 • Density 68/km2 (180/sq mi)
Cantonal code 62 25
¹ French Land Register data, which exclude estuaries, and lakes, ponds, and glaciers larger than 1 km2.

The canton of Fruges is a canton situated in the Pas-de-Calais département and in the Hauts-de-France region of France.

Geography

An area of small valleys and plateaux, consisting mostly of farmland, with the town of Fruges at its centre.

Composition

At the French canton reorganisation which came into effect in March 2015, the canton was expanded from 25 to 55 communes (6 of which merged into the new communes Saint-Augustin, Bellinghem and Enquin-lez-Guinegatte):[1]

Population

Population Movement
196219681975198219901999
7,5177,8837,6577,3997,3177,050
Census count starting from 1962 : Population without double counting

See also

References

  1. ↑ Décret n° 2014-233 du 24 février 2014 portant délimitation des cantons dans le département du Pas-de-Calais

Coordinates: 50°30′55″N 2°08′04″E / 50.51528°N 2.13444°E / 50.51528; 2.13444


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