Arrondissement of Douai
The arrondissement of Douai is an arrondissement of France, in the Nord department, Hauts-de-France region. Its capital is the city of Douai.
Country | France |
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Region | Hauts-de-France |
Department | Nord |
No. of communes | 64 |
Subprefecture | Douai |
Area | 476.6 km2 (184.0 sq mi) |
INSEE code | 593 |
History
When the Nord department was created on 1790, the arrondissement of Douai was part of that original department.[1]
Geography
The arrondissement of Douai is in the central part of the Nord department. It borders with the Lille arrondissement to the north, the Valenciennes arrondissement to the east, the Cambrai arrondissement to the southeast and the Pas-de-Calais department to the south and west.
The arrondissement of Douai is the smallest arrondissement of the department with an area of 476.6 km2 (184.0 sq mi).[2] It has a population of 246,595 inhabitants for a population density of 517.4 inhabitants/km2.[3]
Composition
Cantons
After the reorganisation of the cantons in France,[4] cantons are not subdivisions of the arrondissements so they could have communes that belong to different arrondissements.
The cantons in the arrondissement of Douai are:
- Aniche (5901)
- Douai (5915)
- Orchies (5931)
- Sin-le-Noble (5935)
Communes
The arrondissement of Douai has 64 communes; they are (with their INSEE codes)ː[5]
- Aix (59004)
- Anhiers (59007)
- Aniche (59008)
- Arleux (59015)
- Auberchicourt (59024)
- Aubigny-au-Bac (59026)
- Auby (59028)
- Auchy-lez-Orchies (59029)
- Beuvry-la-Forêt (59080)
- Bouvignies (59105)
- Bruille-lez-Marchiennes (59113)
- Brunémont (59115)
- Bugnicourt (59117)
- Cantin (59126)
- Courchelettes (59156)
- Coutiches (59158)
- Cuincy (59165)
- Dechy (59170)
- Douai (59178)
- Erchin (59199)
- Erre (59203)
- Esquerchin (59211)
- Estrées (59214)
- Faumont (59222)
- Fenain (59227)
- Flers-en-Escrebieux (59234)
- Flines-lez-Raches (59239)
- Fressain (59254)
- Féchain (59224)
- Férin (59228)
- Gœulzin (59263)
- Guesnain (59276)
- Hamel (59280)
- Hornaing (59314)
- Lallaing (59327)
- Lambres-lez-Douai (59329)
- Landas (59330)
- Lauwin-Planque (59334)
- Lewarde (59345)
- Loffre (59354)
- Lécluse (59336)
- Marchiennes (59375)
- Marcq-en-Ostrevent (59379)
- Masny (59390)
- Monchecourt (59409)
- Montigny-en-Ostrevent (59414)
- Nomain (59435)
- Orchies (59449)
- Pecquencourt (59456)
- Raimbeaucourt (59489)
- Rieulay (59501)
- Roost-Warendin (59509)
- Roucourt (59513)
- Râches (59486)
- Saméon (59551)
- Sin-le-Noble (59569)
- Somain (59574)
- Tilloy-lez-Marchiennes (59596)
- Villers-au-Tertre (59620)
- Vred (59629)
- Wandignies-Hamage (59637)
- Warlaing (59642)
- Waziers (59654)
- Écaillon (59185)
The communes with more inhabitants in the arrondissement are:
INSEE code |
Commune | Population[3] (2014) |
Canton | Intercommunality |
---|---|---|---|---|
59178 | Douai | 40,736 | Douai | CA du Douaisis |
59569 | Sin-le-Noble | 15,665 | Sin-le-Noble | CA du Douaisis |
59574 | Somain | 12,955 | Sin-le-Noble | Cœur d'Ostrevent |
59008 | Aniche | 10,431 | Aniche | Cœur d'Ostrevent |
59449 | Orchies | 8,378 | Orchies | Pévèle-Carembault |
59654 | Waziers | 7,497 | Sin-le-Noble | CA du Douaisis |
59028 | Auby | 7,320 | Orchies | CA du Douaisis |
59165 | Cuincy | 6,500 | Douai | CA du Douaisis |
59327 | Lallaing | 6,222 | Sin-le-Noble | CA du Douaisis |
59509 | Roost-Warendin | 6,125 | Orchies | CA du Douaisis |
Related pages
References
- ↑ "Historique du Nord". Le SPLAF (in French). Retrieved 9 November 2017.
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: CS1 maint: unrecognized language (link) - ↑ "Arrondissement de Douai (593)". Comparateur de territoire (in French). Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques - INSEE. Retrieved 9 November 2017.
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: CS1 maint: unrecognized language (link) - ↑ 3.0 3.1 "Régions, départements, arrondissements, cantons et communes" (PDF). Populations légales 2014 (in French). Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques - INSEE. Retrieved 9 November 2017.
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: CS1 maint: unrecognized language (link) - ↑ "Décret n° 2014-167 du 17 février 2014 portant délimitation des cantons dans le département du Nord" (in French). Légifrance.gouv.fr. Retrieved 9 November 2017.
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: CS1 maint: unrecognized language (link) - ↑ "Arrondissement de Douai (593)" (in French). Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques - INSEE. Retrieved 9 November 2017.
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