The canton of Outreau 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

Outreau Outreau (; vls, Wabingen) is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Hauts-de-France region of France. Geography Outreau is a large industrial town and port situated adjacent to, and west of Boulogne, on the N1, N142 and D19 roads. The ...

in the arrondissement of Boulogne-sur-Mer. The elevation varies from 0m to 96m at Équihen-Plage for an average elevation of 55m.

Population

Composition

At the French canton reorganisation which came into effect in March 2015, the canton was expanded from 2 to 11 communes:Décret n° 2014-233 du 24 février 2014 portant délimitation des cantons dans le département du Pas-de-Calais
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Condette Condette () is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Hauts-de-France region of France. Geography A large farming, forestry and tourist village, some south of Boulogne-sur-Mer, at the junction of the D240 and the D940 roads. The river ...

* Dannes * Équihen-Plage *

Hesdigneul-lès-Boulogne Hesdigneul-lès-Boulogne (, literally ''Hesdigneul near Boulogne''; pcd, Hédignu-lès-Boulonne) is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Hauts-de-France region of France. Geography A forestry and farming village situated some so ...

Hesdin-l'Abbé Hesdin-l'Abbé () is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Hauts-de-France region of France. Geography A forestry and farming village situated some south of Boulogne, at the junction of the D901 (formerly the N1 Paris-Calais highway) ...

Isques Isques (; nl, Izeke) is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Hauts-de-France region of France. Geography A forestry, farming and dormitory village situated some south of Boulogne, at junction 28 of the A16 autoroute with the D901 (f ...

Nesles Nesles () is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Hauts-de-France region of France. Geography Nesles is situated about south of Boulogne, at the junction of the D940 and D215 roads. The A16 autoroute cuts through the middle of the c ...

* Neufchâtel-Hardelot *

Saint-Étienne-au-Mont Saint-Étienne-au-Mont (; pcd, Sant-Étienne-au-Mont; obsolete nl, Sint-Stevensbergen, ) is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Hauts-de-France region of France near Boulogne-sur-Mer. Besides the main settlement Saint-Étienne-au-M ...

* Saint-Léonard

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