The canton of Calais-Nord-Ouest 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

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of 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 disbanded following the French canton reorganisation which came into effect in March 2015. It consisted of 9 communes, which joined the

canton of Calais-1 The canton of Calais-1 is an administrative division of the Pas-de-Calais department, in northern France. It was created at the French canton reorganisation which came into effect in March 2015. Its seat is in Calais. It consists of the following c ...

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 28,468 inhabitants (2012).Populations légales 2012: 62 Pas-de-Calais
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Geography

The canton is organised around

Calais Calais ( , , traditionally , ) is a port city in the Pas-de-Calais department, of which it is a subprefecture. Although Calais is by far the largest city in Pas-de-Calais, the department's prefecture is its third-largest city of Arras. Th ...

in the

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 (2016), and its area is . Composition The communes of the arrondissement o ...

. The altitude varies from 0m (

) to 154m (

Escalles Escalles () is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Hauts-de-France region of France. Geography A small village located west of Calais, at the junction of the D243 and D940 roads and at the foot of Mont d'Hubert (). Population Pla ...

) for an average altitude of 27m. The canton comprised 9 communes: *

Bonningues-lès-Calais Bonningues-lès-Calais (, literally ''Bonningues near Calais''; vls, Boninge, lang) is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Hauts-de-France region in northern France. Geography A farming village located 5 miles (10 km) southwes ...

(partly) * Coquelles *

Fréthun Fréthun (; vls, Fraaituin, lang) is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Hauts-de-France region of France. Geography A village located 3 miles (5 km) southwest of Calais, at the junction of the D215 and D246 roads. It is ho ...

Nielles-lès-Calais Nielles-lès-Calais (, literally ''Nielles near Calais'') 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 Wester ...

Peuplingues Peuplingues (; vls, Peuplingen, lang) 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 co ...

Saint-Tricat Saint-Tricat (; vls, Sintergaas, lang) 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 c ...

Sangatte Sangatte (; ) is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department on the northern coast of France on the English Channel. The name is of Flemish origin, meaning hole or gap in the sand. Engineering Sangatte is the location for the Channel Tunnel's Fr ...

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Former cantons of Pas-de-Calais Canton of Calais Nord Ouest 2015 disestablishments in France States and territories disestablished in 2015 {{PasdeCalais-geo-stub

Geography

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