Canton of Boulogne-sur-Mer-Sud
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The canton of Boulogne-sur-Mer-Sud 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
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Geography

The canton is organised around Boulogne-sur-Mer
Boulogne-sur-Mer
-Road:* Metropolitan bus services are operated by the TCRB* Coach services to Calais and Dunkerque* A16 motorway-Rail:* The main railway station is Gare de Boulogne-Ville and located in the south of the city....

 in the arrondissement of Boulogne-sur-Mer
Arrondissement of Boulogne-sur-Mer
The arrondissement of Boulogne-sur-Mer is an arrondissement of France, located in the Pas-de-Calais département, in the Nord-Pas-de-Calais région...

. The altitude varies from 0m (Boulogne-sur-Mer
Boulogne-sur-Mer
-Road:* Metropolitan bus services are operated by the TCRB* Coach services to Calais and Dunkerque* A16 motorway-Rail:* The main railway station is Gare de Boulogne-Ville and located in the south of the city....

) to 188m (Saint-Martin-Boulogne
Saint-Martin-Boulogne
Saint-Martin-Boulogne is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Nord-Pas-de-Calais region of France.-Geography:Saint-Martin-Boulogne is a farming and light industrial suburb east of Boulogne itself, at the junction of the N42 and D96 roads...

) for an average altitude of 46m.

Composition

The canton comprises 5 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...

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style="font-weight: bold; font-size: 1.1em; margin-bottom: 0.5em"| Demographic Composition
Commune Population Post Code INSEE Code
Baincthun
Baincthun
Baincthun is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Nord-Pas-de-Calais region of France.-Geography:A farming and quarrying commune, some southeast of Boulogne, at the junction of the D341 and the D234 roads.-Population:-Places of interest:...

 
1207 62360 62075
Boulogne-sur-Mer
Boulogne-sur-Mer
-Road:* Metropolitan bus services are operated by the TCRB* Coach services to Calais and Dunkerque* A16 motorway-Rail:* The main railway station is Gare de Boulogne-Ville and located in the south of the city....

44859 (1) 62200 62160
Echinghen
Echinghen
Echinghen is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Nord-Pas-de-Calais region of France.-Geography:A farming village, some southeast of Boulogne, at the junction of the D127 and the D127e4 roads.-Population:-References:* -External links:...

 
355 62360 62281
Saint-Martin-Boulogne
Saint-Martin-Boulogne
Saint-Martin-Boulogne is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Nord-Pas-de-Calais region of France.-Geography:Saint-Martin-Boulogne is a farming and light industrial suburb east of Boulogne itself, at the junction of the N42 and D96 roads...

 
11499 62280 62758
La Capelle-lès-Boulogne
La Capelle-lès-Boulogne
La Capelle-lès-Boulogne is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Nord-Pas-de-Calais region of France.-Geography:A forestry and farming village situated some east of Boulogne, at the junction of the N42 with the D234 and D237.-Main sights:...

 
1545 62360 62908
(1) just a fraction of the commune.

See also

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

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