Canton of Ardres

The canton of Ardres 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 had a total of 21,370 inhabitants (2012, without double counting).

Geography

The canton was organised around Ardres in the arrondissement of Saint-Omer. The altitude varied from 0m (Éperlecques) to 196m (Rebergues) for an average altitude of 42m.

The canton comprised 22 communes:

• Ardres
• Audrehem
• Autingues
• Balinghem
• Bayenghem-lès-Éperlecques
• Bonningues-lès-Ardres
• Brêmes
• Clerques
• Éperlecques
• Journy
• Landrethun-lès-Ardres
• Louches
• Mentque-Nortbécourt
• Muncq-Nieurlet
• Nielles-lès-Ardres
• Nordausques
• Nort-Leulinghem
• Rebergues
• Recques-sur-Hem
• Rodelinghem
• Tournehem-sur-la-Hem
• Zouafques

Population

See also

• Cantons of Pas-de-Calais
• Communes of Pas-de-Calais
• Arrondissements of the Pas-de-Calais department

References