Arrondissement of Douai


The arrondissement of Douai is an arrondissement of France in the Nord department in the Hauts-de-France region. It has 64 communes. Its population is 245,280, and its area is.

Composition

The communes of the arrondissement of Douai, and their INSEE codes, are:
  1. Aix-en-Pévèle
  2. Anhiers
  3. Aniche
  4. Arleux
  5. Auberchicourt
  6. Aubigny-au-Bac
  7. Auby
  8. Auchy-lez-Orchies
  9. Beuvry-la-Forêt
  10. Bouvignies
  11. Bruille-lez-Marchiennes
  12. Brunémont
  13. Bugnicourt
  14. Cantin
  15. Courchelettes
  16. Coutiches
  17. Cuincy
  18. Dechy
  19. Douai
  20. Écaillon
  21. Erchin
  22. Erre
  23. Esquerchin
  24. Estrées
  25. Faumont
  26. Féchain
  27. Fenain
  28. Férin
  29. Flers-en-Escrebieux
  30. Flines-lez-Raches
  31. Fressain
  32. Gœulzin
  33. Guesnain
  34. Hamel
  35. Hornaing
  36. Lallaing
  37. Lambres-lez-Douai
  38. Landas
  39. Lauwin-Planque
  40. Lécluse
  41. Lewarde
  42. Loffre
  43. Marchiennes
  44. Marcq-en-Ostrevent
  45. Masny
  46. Monchecourt
  47. Montigny-en-Ostrevent
  48. Nomain
  49. Orchies
  50. Pecquencourt
  51. Râches
  52. Raimbeaucourt
  53. Rieulay
  54. Roost-Warendin
  55. Roucourt
  56. Saméon
  57. Sin-le-Noble
  58. Somain
  59. Tilloy-lez-Marchiennes
  60. Villers-au-Tertre
  61. Vred
  62. Wandignies-Hamage
  63. Warlaing
  64. Waziers

    History

The arrondissement of Douai was created in 1800.
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 Douai were, as of January 2015:
  1. Arleux
  2. Douai-Nord
  3. Douai-Nord-Est
  4. Douai-Sud
  5. Douai-Sud-Ouest
  6. Marchiennes
  7. Orchies

    Sub-prefects