Canton of Aire-sur-la-Lys

The canton of Aire-sur-la-Lys is a canton situated in the department of the Pas-de-Calais and in the Hauts-de-France region of northern France.

Aire-sur-la-Lys
Canton
Country	France
Region	Hauts-de-France
Department	Pas-de-Calais
No. of communes	17
Seat	Aire-sur-la-Lys
Area
• Total	124.29 km^2 (47.99 sq mi)
Population  (2012)
• Total	30,190
• Density	243/km^2 (630/sq mi)
INSEE code	62 01

Composition

At the French canton reorganisation which came into effect in March 2015, the canton was expanded from 14 to 17 communes:[1]

• Aire-sur-la-Lys
• Blessy
• Estrée-Blanche
• Guarbecque
• Isbergues
• Lambres
• Liettres
• Ligny-lès-Aire
• Linghem
• Mazinghem
• Quernes
• Rely
• Rombly
• Roquetoire
• Saint-Hilaire-Cottes
• Witternesse
• Wittes

Population

Population Evolution

1962	1968	1975	1982	1990	1999
16588	17439	17855	20167	22257	23256
Census count starting from 1962 : Population without double counting

See also

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

References

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

External links

• The canton of Aire-sur-la-Lys on the Insee website (in French)

Notes

• This article is based on the equivalent article from the French Wikipedia, consulted on April 15th, 2008.