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
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of Liévin 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
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. It was created at the French canton reorganisation which came into effect in March 2015. Its seat is in
Liévin.
[Décret n° 2014-233 du 24 février 2014 portant délimitation des cantons dans le département du Pas-de-Calais]
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It consists of the following communes:[
# Éleu-dit-Leauwette
# Givenchy-en-Gohelle
# Liévin
#]Vimy
Vimy ( or ; ; Dutch: ''Wimi'') is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Hauts-de-France region of France. Located east of Vimy is the Canadian National Vimy Memorial dedicated to the Battle of Vimy Ridge and the Canadian soldiers ...
References
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Cantons of Pas-de-Calais