Canton of Béthune-Sud
Former Canton of Béthune-Sud |
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region | Nord-Pas-de-Calais |
Department | Pas-de-Calais |
Arrondissement | Bethune |
main place | Bethune |
Dissolution date | March 29, 2015 |
Residents | 18,859 (Jan 1, 2012) |
Communities | 7th |
INSEE code | 6253 |
The Canton Bethune-Sud was 2015 a French canton in the Arrondissement of Béthune , in the Pas-de-Calais and the region Nord-Pas-de-Calais ; its main town was Béthune . Alain Delannoy ( PS ) was the last representative in the General Council of the Département from 1998 to 2015 . The canton of Béthune-Sud was on average 34 meters above sea level , between 18 meters in Béthune and 100 meters in Allouagne .
Communities
The canton consisted of six municipalities and part of the city of Béthune (the total number of inhabitants is given, around 5,600 inhabitants of the city lived in the canton):
local community | Population year | Area km² | Population density | Code INSEE | Post Code |
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Allouagne | 2,992 (2013) | 7.81 | 383 inhabitants / km² | 62023 | 62157 |
Bethune | 25,463 (2013) | - | - Inhabitants / km² | 62119 | 62400 |
Fouquereuil | 1,340 (2013) | 2.01 | 667 inhabitants / km² | 62349 | 62232 |
Fouquières-lès-Béthune | 1,069 (2013) | 2.42 | 442 inhabitants / km² | 62350 | 62232 |
Labeuvrière | 1,706 (2013) | 6.11 | 279 inhabitants / km² | 62479 | 62122 |
Lapugnoy | 3,425 (2013) | 8.61 | 398 inhabitants / km² | 62489 | 62122 |
Verquin | 3,436 (2013) | 3.7 | 929 inhabitants / km² | 62848 | 62131 |