Canton of Aire-sur-la-Lys
| Canton of Aire-sur-la-Lys | |
|---|---|
| region | Hauts-de-France |
| Department | Pas-de-Calais |
| Arrondissement |
Béthune (14 parishes) Saint-Omer (3 parishes) |
| main place | Aire-sur-la-Lys |
| Residents | 29,884 (Jan. 1, 2017) |
| Population density | 240 inhabitants / km² |
| surface | 124.29 km² |
| Communities | 17th |
| INSEE code | 6201 |
 Location of the canton of Aire-sur-la-Lys in the Pas-de-Calais department |
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The Canton of Aire-sur-la-Lys is a French constituency in the arrondissement Béthune and Saint-Omer , in the Pas-de-Calais and in the region of Hauts-de-France ; its main town is Aire-sur-la-Lys . Jean-Claude Dissaux has been a representative on the General Council of the Department since 2008.
The canton of Aire-sur-la-Lys is 124.29 km² in size and has (2017) 29,884 inhabitants, which corresponds to a population density of 240 inhabitants per km².
Communities
Since the nationwide reorganization of the cantons in 2015, the following 17 municipalities have belonged to the canton of Aire-sur-la-Lys:
| local community | Residents January 1, 2017 |
Area km² |
Density of population / km² |
Code INSEE |
Post Code | Arrondissement |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aire-sur-la-Lys | 9,871 | 33.38 | 296 | 62014 | 62120 | Saint-Omer |
| Blessy | 870 | 5.39 | 161 | 62141 | 62120 | Bethune |
| Estrée-Blanche | 951 | 5.32 | 179 | 62313 | 62145 | Bethune |
| Guarbecque | 1,425 | 5.46 | 261 | 62391 | 62330 | Bethune |
| Isbergues | 8,845 | 14.37 | 616 | 62473 | 62330 | Bethune |
| Lambres | 1,061 | 4.37 | 243 | 62486 | 62120 | Bethune |
| Liettres | 327 | 3.07 | 107 | 62509 | 62145 | Bethune |
| Ligny-lès-Aire | 598 | 8.04 | 74 | 62512 | 62960 | Bethune |
| Linghem | 205 | 3.63 | 56 | 62517 | 62120 | Bethune |
| Mazinghem | 474 | 5.19 | 91 | 62564 | 62120 | Bethune |
| Quernes | 458 | 2.75 | 167 | 62676 | 62120 | Bethune |
| Rely | 454 | 4.83 | 94 | 62701 | 62120 | Bethune |
| Rombly | 46 | 1.15 | 40 | 62720 | 62120 | Bethune |
| Roquetoire | 1,944 | 10.71 | 182 | 62721 | 62120 | Saint-Omer |
| Saint-Hilaire-Cottes | 807 | 7.24 | 111 | 62750 | 62120 | Bethune |
| Witternesse | 587 | 5.47 | 107 | 62900 | 62120 | Bethune |
| Wittes | 961 | 3.92 | 245 | 62901 | 62120 | Saint-Omer |
| Canton of Aire-sur-la-Lys | 29,884 | 124.29 | 240 | 6201 | - | - |
Until the reorganization, the canton of Aire-sur-la-Lys consisted of the 14 municipalities Aire-sur-la-Lys , Clarques , Ecques , Herbelles , Heuringhem , Inghem , Mametz , Quiestède , Racquinghem , Saint-Augustin , Roquetoire , Thérouanne , Wardrecques and Wittes . Its layout corresponded to an area of 115.70 km 2 .