The Canton of Auchel is one of the

cantons A canton is a type of administrative division of a country. In general, cantons are relatively small in terms of area and population when compared with other administrative divisions such as counties, departments, or provinces. Internationally, t ...

of the

Pas-de-Calais Pas-de-Calais (, " strait of Calais"; pcd, Pas-Calés; also nl, Nauw van Kales) is a department in northern France named after the French designation of the Strait of Dover, which it borders. It has the most communes of all the departments ...

department Department may refer to: * Departmentalization, division of a larger organization into parts with specific responsibility Government and military *Department (administrative division), a geographical and administrative division within a country, ...

, in northern

France France (), officially the French Republic ( ), is a country primarily located in Western Europe. It also comprises of Overseas France, overseas regions and territories in the Americas and the Atlantic Ocean, Atlantic, Pacific Ocean, Pac ...

. At the French canton reorganisation which came into effect in March 2015, the canton was reduced from 10 to 9 communes.Décret n° 2014-233 du 24 février 2014 portant délimitation des cantons dans le département du Pas-de-Calais
/ref> It consists of the following communes: # Auchel #

Calonne-Ricouart Calonne-Ricouart () is a Communes of France, commune in the Pas-de-Calais Departments of France, department in the Hauts-de-France region of France. Geography Calonne-Ricouart is an ex-coalmining town some southwest of Béthune and southwest of ...

Camblain-Châtelain Camblain-Châtelain () is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Hauts-de-France region of France. Geography Camblain-Châtelain is a farming and light industrial village some southwest of Béthune and southwest of Lille, at the junct ...

Cauchy-à-la-Tour Cauchy-à-la-Tour (; pcd, El-Cauchie-à-l’Tour; Dutch:"Turringhem" (house of the sons of Turr)) is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Hauts-de-France region of France. Geography A farming and ex-coalmining village some southwes ...

Diéval Diéval () is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Hauts-de-France region of France France (), officially the French Republic ( ), is a country primarily located in Western Europe. It also comprises of overseas region ...

Divion Divion () is a commune and in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Hauts-de-France region of France. Geography An ex-coalmining town some southwest of Béthune and southwest of Lille, at the junction of the D341 and the N41 roads, now bypassed ...

Lozinghem Lozinghem (; pcd, Lozinghin) is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Hauts-de-France region of France. Geography Lozinghem is situated some west of Béthune and southwest of Lille, at the junction of the D188 and D183 roads. P ...

Marles-les-Mines Marles-les-Mines () is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Hauts-de-France region of France. Geography As the name suggests, an ex-coalmining town, which now relies on light industry and farming. It is situated some southwest of ...

Ourton Ourton (; vls, Orten) is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Hauts-de-France region of France. Geography Ourton is situated some southwest of Béthune and southwest of Lille, at the junction of the D86e and N41 roads. Populat ...

References

Auchel {{PasdeCalais-geo-stub