The Canton of Douvrin 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

arrondissement of Béthune An arrondissement (, , ) is any of various administrative divisions of France, Belgium, Haiti, certain other Francophone countries, as well as the Netherlands. Europe France The 101 French departments are divided into 342 ''arrondissements'' ...

, in 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

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. Its seat is the town

Douvrin Douvrin (; vls, Doverin) is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Hauts-de-France region of France. Geography Douvrin is an ex-coalmining town some east of Béthune and southwest of Lille, at the junction of the D165, the D163 and t ...

Composition

At the French canton reorganisation which came into effect in March 2015, the canton was expanded from 5 to 14

communes An intentional community is a voluntary residential community which is designed to have a high degree of social cohesion and teamwork from the start. The members of an intentional community typically hold a common social, political, religious, ...

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Annequin Annequin () is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Hauts-de-France region of France. Geography Annequin is a large farming (and ex-mining) village situated some east of Béthune and southwest of Lille, at the junction of the D61 ...

Auchy-les-Mines Auchy-les-Mines () is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Hauts-de-France region of France. Until 1926 it was named ''Auchy-lez-La-Bassée''. Geography A small ex- coal mining town, now mostly a light engineering and farming commu ...

Billy-Berclau Billy-Berclau (; pcd, Bili-Bérclo) is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Hauts-de-France region in northern France. Geography A small town east of Béthune and southwest of Lille, at the junction of the D163 and N47 roads. It i ...

Cambrin Cambrin () is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Hauts-de-France region of France. Geography A farming and light industrial village some east of Béthune and southwest of Lille, at the junction of the D166 and the N41 roads, by ...

Cuinchy Cuinchy 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 farming village some east of Béthune and southwest of Lille, at the junction of the D166 and ...

Festubert Festubert is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Hauts-de-France region of France. The village was on the Western Front during the First World War and was largely destroyed in the May 1915 Battle of Festubert. Geography A farming vil ...

Givenchy-lès-la-Bassée Givenchy-lès-la-Bassée 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 farming village situated west of La Bassée, east of Béthune and southwest o ...

Haisnes Haisnes () is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Hauts-de-France region of France. Geography Haisnes is a former coalmining town, now a light industrial and farming commune, situated some east of Béthune and southwest of Lille ...

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Noyelles-lès-Vermelles Noyelles-lès-Vermelles (, literally ''Noyelles near Vermelles'') is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Hauts-de-France region of France. Geography Noyelles-lès-Vermelles is situated about southeast of Béthune and southwest o ...

Sailly-Labourse Sailly-Labourse () is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Hauts-de-France region of France. Geography Sailly-Labourse is a large farming and light industrial village situated some southeast of Béthune and southwest of Lille, at ...

Vermelles Vermelles () is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Hauts-de-France region of France. Geography Vermelles is situated southeast of Béthune and southwest of Lille, at the junction of the D39, D75 and D943 roads and by the banks of ...

Violaines Violaines () is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Hauts-de-France region of France. Geography An ex-coalmining region, Violaines is situated some east of Béthune and southwest of Lille, at the junction of the D167 and D947 roa ...

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