The canton of Boulogne-sur-Mer-Nord-Est is a former

canton Canton may refer to: Administrative division terminology * Canton (administrative division), territorial/administrative division in some countries, notably Switzerland * Township (Canada), known as ''canton'' in Canadian French Arts and ent ...

situated in the

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, ...

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 ...

and in the Nord-Pas-de-Calais region of northern France. It was disbanded following the French canton reorganisation which came into effect in March 2015. It consisted of 5 communes, which joined the canton of Boulogne-sur-Mer-1 in 2015.Décret n° 2014-233 du 24 février 2014 portant délimitation des cantons dans le département du Pas-de-Calais
/ref> It had a total of 18,864 inhabitants (2012, without double counting).Populations légales 2012: 62 Pas-de-Calais
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Geography

The canton was organised around Boulogne-sur-Mer in the

arrondissement of Boulogne-sur-Mer The arrondissement of Boulogne-sur-Mer is an arrondissement of France in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Hauts-de-France region. It has 74 communes. Its population is 159,748 (2016), and its area is . Composition The communes of the arrondis ...

. The altitude varied from 0m to 110m in Boulogne-sur-Mer for an average altitude of 21m. The canton comprised 5 communes: * Boulogne-sur-Mer (partly) *

Conteville-lès-Boulogne Conteville-lès-Boulogne (, literally ''Conteville near Boulogne''; vls, ’s-Gravenhoeve) is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Hauts-de-France region of France. Geography A farming and forestry village, some northeast of Bou ...

* Pernes-lès-Boulogne *

Pittefaux Pittefaux (; vls, Pitesveld) is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Hauts-de-France region of France. Geography Pittefaux is situated northeast of Boulogne, at the junction of the D232 and D242 roads and by the banks of the river W ...

* Wimille

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Boulogne-sur-Mer-Nord-Est Boulogne-sur-Mer 2015 disestablishments in France States and territories disestablished in 2015 {{PasdeCalais-geo-stub

Geography

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