The

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 ...

of Béthune is an administrative division 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 ...

. It was created at the French canton reorganisation which came into effect in March 2015. Its seat is in Béthune.Décret n° 2014-233 du 24 février 2014 portant délimitation des cantons dans le département du Pas-de-Calais
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Annezin Annezin () is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Hauts-de-France region of France. Geography A large suburb situated immediately west of Béthune and southwest of Lille, at the junction of the D943 and the D181E roads. Populati ...

# Béthune #

Chocques Chocques () is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Hauts-de-France region of France. Geography Chocques is a farming village by the banks of the river Clarence, some west of Béthune and southwest of Lille, at the junction of the ...

Labeuvrière Labeuvrière () is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Hauts-de-France region of France. Geography A large farming and light industrial village, situated some west of Béthune and southwest of Lille on the D181e5, traversed by t ...

Lapugnoy Lapugnoy () is a Communes of France, commune in the Pas-de-Calais Departments of France, department in the Hauts-de-France region of France. Geography A small farming and forestry town, situated some west of Béthune and southwest of Lille, on ...

Oblinghem Oblinghem (; pcd, Oblinghin) is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Hauts-de-France region of France. Geography Oblinghem is situated about northwest of Béthune and southwest of Lille, on the D180 road. Population See also *C ...

# Vendin-lès-Béthune

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