The canton of Harnes is a

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

Hauts-de-France Hauts-de-France (; pcd, Heuts-d'Franche; , also ''Upper France'') is the northernmost Regions of France, region of France, created by the territorial reform of French regions in 2014, from a merger of Nord-Pas-de-Calais and Picardy. Its Prefectu ...

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of northern

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Geography

The canton is organised around

Harnes Harnes () is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Hauts-de-France region of France. Geography Harnes is an ex-coalmining and light industrial town situated some northeast of Lens, at the junction of the D162e and the D39. The Lens ...

in the

arrondissement of Lens The arrondissement of Lens is an arrondissement of northern France in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Hauts-de-France region. It has 50 communes. Its population is 367,839 (2016), and its area is . Composition The communes of the arrondiss ...

. The elevation varies from 20m (

Estevelles Estevelles () is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Hauts-de-France region of France. Geography A farming village situated some northeast of Lens, near the junction of the D164e and the D917. The canalised river Deûle forms the ...

) to 46m (

) for an average elevation of 29m.

Composition

At the French canton reorganisation which came into effect in March 2015, the canton was expanded from 3 to 6

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, ...

:Décret n° 2014-233 du 24 février 2014 portant délimitation des cantons dans le département du Pas-de-Calais
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Billy-Montigny Billy-Montigny (; pcd, Bili-Montini) is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Hauts-de-France region in northern France. Geography An ex-coalmining industrial town situated just east of the centre of Lens at the junction of the N43 ...

Bois-Bernard Bois-Bernard () is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Hauts-de-France region in northern France. Geography The village is mainly a farming village located 10 miles (16 km) northeast of Arras on the D919 and D46 roads. It is lo ...

Fouquières-lès-Lens Fouquières-lès-Lens (, literally ''Fouquières near Lens'') is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Hauts-de-France region of France. Geography An ex-coalmining town situated some east of Lens, at the junction of the D46 and the A ...

Noyelles-sous-Lens Noyelles-sous-Lens (, literally ''Noyelles under Lens'') is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in northern France. It is east of the centre of Lens. Administration Noyelles-sous-Lens belongs to the Agglomeration community of Lens – L ...

* Rouvroy

Population

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