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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 Hénin-Beaumont-2 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

Hénin-Beaumont Hénin-Beaumont (; pcd, Hinnin-Biaumont) is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Hauts-de-France region of France. Geography Hénin-Beaumont used to be a coalmining town and is now a light industrial town situated some east of Lens ...

.Décret n° 2014-233 du 24 février 2014 portant délimitation des cantons dans le département du Pas-de-Calais
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Courcelles-lès-Lens Courcelles-lès-Lens (, literally ''Courcelles near Lens''; pcd, Courchelle-lès-Linse) is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Hauts-de-France region of France. Geography An ex-coalmining commune, now a light industrial and farming ...

# Drocourt #

Évin-Malmaison Évin-Malmaison () is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Hauts-de-France region of France. Geography An ex-coalmining village, now centred on farming and light industry, situated some east of Lens, at the junction of the D161 an ...

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Leforest Leforest () is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Hauts-de-France region of France. Geography Leforest is situated some east of Lens, at the junction of the D161 and the D120 roads. Population The inhabitants are called ''Leforest ...

Noyelles-Godault Noyelles-Godault (; pcd, Nöyel-Godault) is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Hauts-de-France region of France. Geography Noyelles-Godault is a former coal mining town, nowadays a light industrial and commercial town, east of Len ...

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