Arrondissement of Calais


The Arrondissement of Calais is an arrondissement of France in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Hauts-de-France region. It has 52 communes. Its population is 158,492, and its area is.

Composition

The communes of the arrondissement of Calais, and their INSEE codes, are:
  1. Alembon
  2. Andres
  3. Ardres
  4. Les Attaques
  5. Audruicq
  6. Autingues
  7. Bainghen
  8. Balinghem
  9. Bonningues-lès-Calais
  10. Bouquehault
  11. Boursin
  12. Brêmes
  13. Caffiers
  14. Calais
  15. Campagne-lès-Guines
  16. Coquelles
  17. Coulogne
  18. Escalles
  19. Fiennes
  20. Fréthun
  21. Guemps
  22. Guînes
  23. Hames-Boucres
  24. Hardinghen
  25. Herbinghen
  26. Hermelinghen
  27. Hocquinghen
  28. Landrethun-lès-Ardres
  29. Licques
  30. Louches
  31. Marck
  32. Muncq-Nieurlet
  33. Nielles-lès-Ardres
  34. Nielles-lès-Calais
  35. Nortkerque
  36. Nouvelle-Église
  37. Offekerque
  38. Oye-Plage
  39. Peuplingues
  40. Pihen-lès-Guînes
  41. Polincove
  42. Recques-sur-Hem
  43. Rodelinghem
  44. Ruminghem
  45. Sainte-Marie-Kerque
  46. Saint-Folquin
  47. Saint-Omer-Capelle
  48. Saint-Tricat
  49. Sangatte
  50. Sanghen
  51. Vieille-Église
  52. Zutkerque

    History

The arrondissement of Calais was created in 1962 from part of the arrondissement of Boulogne-sur-Mer. At the January 2017 reorganisation of the arrondissements of Pas-de-Calais, it gained one commune from the arrondissement of Boulogne-sur-Mer and 23 communes from the arrondissement of Saint-Omer.
As a result of the reorganisation of the cantons of France which came into effect in 2015, the borders of the cantons are no longer related to the borders of the arrondissements. The cantons of the arrondissement of Calais were, as of January 2015:
  1. Calais-Centre
  2. Calais-Est
  3. Calais-Nord-Ouest
  4. Calais-Sud-Est
  5. Guînes