Canton of Fruges

Canton of Fruges
French canton
Country	France
Region	Nord-Pas-de-Calais-Picardie
Department	Pas-de-Calais
Seat	Fruges
Communes	55
Area¹
• Total	457.91 km2 (176.80 sq mi)
Population (2012)
• Total	30,949
• Density	68/km2 (180/sq mi)
Cantonal code	62 25
¹ French Land Register data, which exclude estuaries, and lakes, ponds, and glaciers larger than 1 km2.

The canton of Fruges is a canton situated in the Pas-de-Calais département and in the Nord-Pas-de-Calais-Picardie region of France.

Geography

An area of small valleys and plateaux, consisting mostly of farmland, with the town of Fruges at its centre.

Composition

At the French canton reorganisation which came into effect in March 2015, the canton was expanded from 25 to 55 communes:

• Ambricourt
• Audincthun
• Avondance
• Avroult
• Beaumetz-lès-Aire
• Bomy
• Canlers
• Clarques
• Coupelle-Neuve
• Coupelle-Vieille
• Coyecques
• Crépy
• Créquy
• Delettes
• Dennebrœucq
• Ecques
• Embry
• Enguinegatte
• Enquin-les-Mines
• Erny-Saint-Julien
• Fauquembergues
• Febvin-Palfart
• Fléchin
• Fressin
• Fruges
• Herbelles
• Heuringhem
• Hézecques
• Inghem
• Laires
• Lebiez
• Lugy
• Mametz
• Matringhem
• Mencas
• Merck-Saint-Liévin
• Planques
• Quiestède
• Racquinghem
• Radinghem
• Rebecques
• Reclinghem
• Renty
• Rimboval
• Royon
• Ruisseauville
• Sains-lès-Fressin
• Saint-Martin-d'Hardinghem
• Senlis
• Thérouanne
• Thiembronne
• Torcy
• Verchin
• Vincly
• Wardrecques

Population

Population Movement

1962	1968	1975	1982	1990	1999
7,517	7,883	7,657	7,399	7,317	7,050
Census count starting from 1962 : Population without double counting

See also

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

External links

• (French) The canton of Fruges on the Insee site
• (French) Position of the canton of Fruges on a map of France