Canton of Sains-en-Gohelle

Canton of Sains-en-Gohelle
French canton
Country	France
Region	Nord-Pas-de-Calais
Department	Pas-de-Calais
Arrondissement	Lens
Seat	Sains-en-Gohelle
Communes	6
Government
• Representative	Alain Lefèbvre
Area¹
• Total	46.94 km2 (18.12 sq mi)
Population (1999)
• Total	20,036
• Density	430/km2 (1,100/sq mi)
Cantonal code	62 77
¹ French Land Register data, which exclude estuaries, and lakes, ponds, and glaciers larger than 1 km2.

The canton of Sains-en-Gohelle 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.

Geography

The canton is organised around Sains-en-Gohelle in the arrondissement of Lens. The altitude varies from 39 m (Sains-en-Gohelle) to 192 m (Bouvigny-Boyeffles) for an average altitude of 102m.

Composition

The canton comprised six communes and a total of 20,036 inhabitants (census of 1999, without double counting).

Population

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 Sains-en-Gohelle on the Insee website (French)

Notes

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

Cantons of the Pas-de-Calais department
Aire-sur-la-Lys Arras-1 Arras-2 Arras-3 Auchel Auxi-le-Château Avesnes-le-Comte Avion Bapaume Berck Béthune Beuvry Boulogne-sur-Mer-1 Boulogne-sur-Mer-2 Brebières Bruay-la-Buissière Bully-les-Mines Calais-1 Calais-2 Calais-3 Carvin Desvres Douvrin Étaples Fruges Harnes Hénin-Beaumont-1 Hénin-Beaumont-2 Lens Liévin Lillers Longuenesse Lumbres Marck Nœux-les-Mines Outreau Saint-Omer Saint-Pol-sur-Ternoise Wingles

Coordinates: 50°25′35″N 2°40′05″E / 50.42639°N 2.66806°E / 50.42639; 2.66806