Canton of Samer

The canton of Samer 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 27,775 inhabitants (2012).

Geography

The canton is organised around Samer in the arrondissement of Boulogne-sur-Mer. The altitude varies from 2m (Saint-Léonard) to 199m (Samer) for an average altitude of 53m.

The canton comprised 18 communes:

• Carly
• Condette
• Dannes
• Doudeauville
• Halinghen
• Hesdigneul-lès-Boulogne
• Hesdin-l'Abbé
• Isques
• Lacres
• Nesles
• Neufchâtel-Hardelot
• Questrecques
• Saint-Étienne-au-Mont
• Saint-Léonard
• Samer
• Tingry
• Verlincthun
• Wierre-au-Bois

Population

See also

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

References