The canton of Étaples 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

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 ...

département In the administrative divisions of France, the department (french: département, ) is one of the three levels of government under the national level ("territorial collectivity, territorial collectivities"), between the regions of France, admin ...

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 ...

region of

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 ...

Geography

An area of coastland, small valleys and plateaux, consisting mostly of seaside and farmland, with the town of

Étaples Étaples or Étaples-sur-Mer (; vls, Stapel, lang; pcd, Étape) is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in northern France. It is a fishing and leisure port on the Canche river. History Étaples takes its name from having been a medieval ...

in the

arrondissement of Montreuil The arrondissement of Montreuil is an arrondissement of France in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Hauts-de-France region. It has 164 communes. Its population is 112,118 (2016), and its area is . Composition The communes of the arrondisseme ...

at its centre.

Composition

At the French canton reorganisation which came into effect in March 2015, the canton was reduced from 19 to 15

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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Camiers Camiers () is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in Hauts-de-France in France. Geography The area of the commune is . The village of Camiers itself is small and stands just inland from the dunes on the south-west and west-facing coast j ...

Cormont Cormont () is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Hauts-de-France region of France. Geography A village situated some 12 miles (19 km) southeast of Boulogne-sur-Mer Boulogne-sur-Mer (; pcd, Boulonne-su-Mér; nl, Bonen ...

Cucq Cucq (; unofficially also: ''Cucq-Trépied-Stella-Plage''; vls, Kuuk, lang) is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Hauts-de-France region of France. Geography Cucq is made up of three villages: Cucq itself, the second village of ...

* Frencq *

Lefaux Lefaux () is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Hauts-de-France region of France. Geography Lefaux is situated 8 miles (16 km) north of Montreuil-sur-Mer on the D148 road. Population Places of interest * The nineteenth cent ...

* Longvilliers * Maresville *

Merlimont Merlimont () is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Hauts-de-France region of France. Geography Merlimont lies on the coast of France, facing northwards to the English Channel. Long, wide sandy beaches and huge sand-dunes are the mos ...

* Saint-Aubin *

Saint-Josse Saint-Josse (), or Saint-Josse-sur-Mer (literally ''Saint-Josse on Sea''), is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Hauts-de-France region of France. Geography Saint-Josse is located 4 miles (6 km) west of Montreuil-sur-Mer on th ...

Le Touquet-Paris-Plage Le Touquet-Paris-Plage (; pcd, Ech Toutchet-Paris-Plache; vls, 't Oekske, older nl, Het Hoekske), commonly referred to as Le Touquet (), is a commune near Étaples, in the Pas-de-Calais department, northern France. It has a population of 4,2 ...

* Tubersent *

Widehem Widehem is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Hauts-de-France region of France. Geography Widehem is located north of Montreuil-sur-Mer, on the D148E5 road, from the coast. History Known and recorded as "Wodingahem" in 877, af ...

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