The Canton of Croisilles is a canton

Cantons of France

The cantons of France are territorial subdivisions of the French Republic's 342 arrondissements and 101 departments.Apart from their role as organizational units in certain aspects of the administration of public services and justice, the chief purpose of the cantons today is to serve as...

 situated in the department of the Pas-de-Calais and in the Nord-Pas-de-Calais region

Régions of France

France is divided into 27 administrative regions , 22 of which are in Metropolitan France, and five of which are overseas. Corsica is a territorial collectivity , but is considered a region in mainstream usage, and is even shown as such on the INSEE website...

 of northern France

France

The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...

.

Geography

The canton is organized around Croisilles

Croisilles, Pas-de-Calais

Croisilles is a village and commune in the Pas-de-Calais department of the Nord-Pas-de-Calais region of France.-Geography:A small farming village located 8 miles south of Arras at the junction of the D5 and D9 roads...

 in the arrondissement of Arras

Arrondissement of Arras

The arrondissement of Arras is an arrondissement of France, located in the Pas-de-Calais département, in the Nord-Pas-de-Calais région...

. The altitude varies from 52m (Chérisy

Chérisy

Chérisy is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Nord-Pas-de-Calais region of France.-Geography:A small farming village located 9 miles southeast of Arras on the D9 junction with the D38 road.-Population:-Places of interest:...

) to 154m (Bucquoy

Bucquoy

Bucquoy is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Nord-Pas-de-Calais region of France.-Geography:A farming village located 12 miles south of Arras on the D919 road, at the junction with the D8.-Population:-Places of interest:...

) for an average altitude of 92m.

Composition

The canton comprises 27 communes

Communes of France

The commune is the lowest level of administrative division in the French Republic. French communes are roughly equivalent to incorporated municipalities or villages in the United States or Gemeinden in Germany...

 and a total of 10,907 inhabitants (census of 1999, without double counting).

style="font-weight: bold; font-size: 1.1em; margin-bottom: 0.5em"| Demographic Composition

Commune	Population	Post Code	INSEE Code
Ablainzevelle Ablainzevelle Ablainzeville is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in northern France.-Geography:A small farming village located 11 miles south of Arras, at the D7 and D12 road junction. It was rebuilt after being destroyed during World War I....	172	62116	62002
Ayette Ayette Ayette is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in northern France.-Geography:A farming village located 9 miles south of Arras at the junction of the D7 and D919 roads.-Population:-Places of interest:...	336	62116	62068
Boiry-Becquerelle Boiry-Becquerelle Boiry-Becquerelle is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Nord-Pas-de-Calais region of France.-Geography:A farming village located 7 miles south of Arras on the N17 junction with the D35 road.-Population:-Places of interest:...	419	62128	62144
Boisleux-au-Mont Boisleux-au-Mont Boisleux-au-Mont is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Nord-Pas-de-Calais region of France.-Geography:A farming village located 6 miles south of Arras at the junction of the D35 and D36 roads.-Population:-Places of interest:...	407	62175	62151
Boisleux-Saint-Marc Boisleux-Saint-Marc Boisleux-Saint-Marc is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Nord-Pas-de-Calais region of France.-Population:-Places of interest:* The church of St.Médard, rebuilt after the destruction of the village during World War I.-References:*...	208	62175	62152
Boyelles Boyelles Boyelles is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Nord-Pas-de-Calais region of France.-Geography:A farming village located 6 miles south of Arras on the N17 road....	234	62128	62172
Bucquoy Bucquoy Bucquoy is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Nord-Pas-de-Calais region of France.-Geography:A farming village located 12 miles south of Arras on the D919 road, at the junction with the D8.-Population:-Places of interest:...	1 218	62116	62181
Bullecourt Bullecourt Bullecourt is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Nord-Pas-de-Calais region in France.-Geography:Bullecourt lies on the Upper Cretaceous plain of Artois between Arras and Bapaume and east of the A1 motorway. This shows Bullecourt just north of centre. Quéant is the larger of the two...	251	62128	62185
Chérisy Chérisy Chérisy is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Nord-Pas-de-Calais region of France.-Geography:A small farming village located 9 miles southeast of Arras on the D9 junction with the D38 road.-Population:-Places of interest:...	212	62128	62223
Courcelles-le-Comte Courcelles-le-Comte Courcelles-le-Comte is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Nord-Pas-de-Calais region of France.-Geography:Courcelles-le-Comte is located 11 miles south of Arras at the junction of the D12 and D32 roads.-Population:...	421	62121	62248
Croisilles Croisilles, Pas-de-Calais Croisilles is a village and commune in the Pas-de-Calais department of the Nord-Pas-de-Calais region of France.-Geography:A small farming village located 8 miles south of Arras at the junction of the D5 and D9 roads...	1 165	62128	62259
Douchy-lès-Ayette Douchy-lès-Ayette Douchy-lès-Ayette is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Nord-Pas-de-Calais region of France.-Population:-Places of interest:* The church of St.Vaast, rebuilt, as was most of the village, after the destruction wrought by World War I....	312	62116	62272
Écoust-Saint-Mein Écoust-Saint-Mein Écoust-Saint-Mein is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais département in the Nord-Pas-de-Calais region of France.-Geography:A farming village situated southeast of Arras at the junction of the D956 and D5 roads.-Population:-Places of interest:...	429	62128	62285
Ervillers Ervillers Ervillers is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Nord-Pas-de-Calais region of France.-Geography:A farming village situated south of Arras at the junction of the N17, D36 and D9 roads.-History:...	449	62121	62306
Fontaine-lès-Croisilles Fontaine-lès-Croisilles Fontaine-lès-Croisilles is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Nord-Pas-de-Calais region of France.-Geography:A farming village situated southeast of Arras, at the junction of the D9 and the C2 road.-Population:-Places of interest:...	257	62128	62343
Gomiécourt Gomiécourt Gomiécourt is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Nord-Pas-de-Calais region of France.-Geography:A small farming village situated south of Arras, at the junction of the D9 and the C9 roads.-Population:-Places of interest:...	169	62121	62374
Guémappe Guémappe Guémappe is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Nord-Pas-de-Calais region of France.-Geography:A small farming village situated southeast of Arras, at the junction of the D34 and the D38 roads.-History:...	392	62128	62392
Hamelincourt Hamelincourt Hamelincourt is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Nord-Pas-de-Calais region of France.-Geography:A farming village situated south of Arras, at the junction of the D36 and the D12 roads.-Population:-Places of interest:...	249	62121	62406
Héninel Héninel Héninel is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Nord-Pas-de-Calais region of France.-Geography:A small farming village situated southeast of Arras, on the D33 road and just yards away from the A1 autoroute.-Population:-Places of interest:...	195	62128	62426
Hénin-sur-Cojeul Hénin-sur-Cojeul Hénin-sur-Cojeul is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Nord-Pas-de-Calais region of France.-Geography:A farming village situated southeast of Arras, at the junction of the D33 and the D5 roads.-Population:-Places of interest:...	372	62128	62428
Mory Mory, Pas-de-Calais Mory is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Nord-Pas-de-Calais region of France.-Geography:Mory is situated south of Arras, at the junction of the D36 and D36E roads...	339	62159	62594
Moyenneville Moyenneville, Pas-de-Calais Moyenneville is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Nord-Pas-de-Calais region of France.-Geography:Moyenneville is situated south of Arras, at the junction of the D32 and C4 roads.-Population:-Places of interest:...	298	62121	62597
Noreuil Noreuil Noreuil is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Nord-Pas-de-Calais region of France.-Population:-World War One:In 1917 it was the location of fighting during World War I. In early 1917, General John Gellibrand, acting commander of the 2nd Division, advanced as he suspected that the...	114	62128	62619
Saint-Léger Saint-Léger, Pas-de-Calais Saint-Léger is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Nord-Pas-de-Calais region of France.-Geography:Saint-Léger lies south of Arras, at the junction of the D12, D9 and D36E roads...	393	62128	62754
Saint-Martin-sur-Cojeul Saint-Martin-sur-Cojeul Saint-Martin-sur-Cojeul is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Nord-Pas-de-Calais region of France.-Geography:Saint-Martin-sur-Cojeul lies southeast of Arras, on the D33 road...	199	62128	62761
Vaulx-Vraucourt Vaulx-Vraucourt Vaulx-Vraucourt is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Nord-Pas-de-Calais region of France.-Geography:Vaulx-Vraucourt lies southeast of Arras and about northeast of Bapaume, at the junction of the D20, D10E and D36 roads.-History:...	1 110	62159	62839
Wancourt Wancourt Wancourt is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Nord-Pas-de-Calais region of France.-Geography:Wancourt is situated some southeast of Arras, at the junction of the D33 and the D34E roads...	587	62128	62873

Population

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1962	1968	1975	1982	1990	1999
9493	9816	9416	10021	10774	10907
Census count starting from 1962 : Population without double counting Population without double counting Population without double counting is an English translation of the phrase Population sans doubles comptes.In France, for the purposes of the census, the INSEE has defined several population indicators that allow people who live in more than one place to be counted in each place, to study and keep...

See also

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

External links

• The canton of Croisilles on the Insee website