The Canton of Dainville 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

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 of northern France

France

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.

Geography

The canton is organised around Dainville

Dainville

Dainville is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Nord-Pas-de-Calais region of France.-Geography:A farming and light industrial suburb west of Arras at the junction of the N25 with the D60 and D59 roads.-Population:-Twin towns:...

 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 53m (Sainte-Catherine

Sainte-Catherine

-Canada:* Sainte-Catherine, Quebec, a municipality of Quebec in Roussillon* Sainte-Catherine-de-Hatley, a municipality of Quebec in Memphrémagog* Sainte-Catherine-de-la-Jacques-Cartier, a municipality of Quebec in La Jacques-Cartier...

) to 145m (Acq

Acq

Acq is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in northern France.-Geography:A farming village located 6 miles northwest of Arras, by the banks of the Scarpe river, at the D62 and D49 road junction.-Population:-Places of interest:...

) for an average altitude of 88m.

Composition

The canton comprises 10 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 17,370 inhabitants (census of 1999, without double counting).

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Commune	Population	Post Code	INSEE Code
Acq Acq Acq is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in northern France.-Geography:A farming village located 6 miles northwest of Arras, by the banks of the Scarpe river, at the D62 and D49 road junction.-Population:-Places of interest:...	502	62144	62007
Anzin-Saint-Aubin Anzin-Saint-Aubin Anzin-Saint-Aubin is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in northern France.-Geography:A suburb located 2 miles northwest of Arras, at the junction of the D341, D60 and D64 roads, by the banks of the river Scarpe.-History:Anzin St...	2470	62223	62037
Dainville Dainville Dainville is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Nord-Pas-de-Calais region of France.-Geography:A farming and light industrial suburb west of Arras at the junction of the N25 with the D60 and D59 roads.-Population:-Twin towns:...	5392	62000	62263
Duisans Duisans Duisans is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Nord-Pas-de-Calais region of France.-Geography:A farming village northwest of Arras at the junction of the D55 and D56 roads....	1091	62161	62279
Écurie Écurie Écurie is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Nord-Pas-de-Calais region of France.-Geography:A farming village situated north of Arras at the junction of the N17 and D60 roads.-Population:-Places of interest:...	297	62223	62290
Étrun Étrun Étrun is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Nord-Pas-de-Calais region of France.-Geography:A farming village situated northwest of Arras, at the junction of the N39 and the D55 roads...	326	62161	62320
Marœuil Marœuil Marœuil is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Nord-Pas-de-Calais region of France.-Geography:Marœuil is a large farming and light industrial village situated northwest of Arras, at the junction of the D55, D56 and the D60E roads.-History:First recorded as Maraculum around 680, then...	2509	62161	62557
Mont-Saint-Éloi Mont-Saint-Éloi Mont-Saint-Éloi is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Nord-Pas-de-Calais region of France.-Geography:Mont-Saint-Éloi is situated northwest of Arras, at the junction of the D341 and the D49 roads, on the banks of the river Scarpe.-Population:...	1018	62144	62589
Roclincourt Roclincourt Roclincourt is a communes in the Pas-de-Calais department in northern France.-Geography:Roclincourt is situated north of the town of Arras, and south of Lens, and approximately from Calais.-List of successive mayors:-World War I:...	748	62223	62714
Sainte-Catherine-lès-Arras Sainte-Catherine-lès-Arras Sainte-Catherine-lès-Arras is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Nord-Pas-de-Calais region of France.-Geography:Sainte-Catherine-lès-Arras is a large suburb, just north of the centre of Arras, at the junction of the D264 and D63 roads....	3017	62223	62744

Population

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1962	1968	1975	1982	1990	1999
9421	11061	13928	16188	17504	17370
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 Dainville on the Insee website