The following is a list of the 41
cantons
A canton is a type of administrative division of a country. In general, cantons are relatively small in terms of area and population when compared with other administrative divisions such as counties, departments, or provinces. Internationally, t ...
of the
Nord
Nord, a word meaning "north" in several European languages, may refer to:
Acronyms
* National Organization for Rare Disorders, an American nonprofit organization
* New Orleans Recreation Department, New Orleans, Louisiana, US
Film and televisi ...
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
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 ...
, following the French canton reorganisation which came into effect in March 2015:
Décret n° 2014-167 du 17 février 2014 portant délimitation des cantons dans le département du Nord
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* Aniche
Aniche (; pcd, In-niche) is a commune in the Nord department in the Hauts-de-France region of northern France.
The commune, located in the Nord-Pas-de-Calais mining area, long lived on the mining of coal with fourteen pits on its territory. E ...
* Annœullin
Annœullin () is a commune in the Nord department in northern France.
Population
Heraldry
See also
*Communes of the Nord department
The following is a list of the 648 communes of the Nord department of the French Republic.
The communes ...
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* Armentières
Armentières (; vls, Armentiers) is a commune in the Nord department in the Hauts-de-France region in northern France. It is part of the Métropole Européenne de Lille.
The motto of the town is ''Pauvre mais fière'' (Poor but proud).
Geogra ...
* Aulnoye-Aymeries
Aulnoye-Aymeries (; pcd, Auno-Aymeries) is a commune in the Nord department in northern France. It was established in 1953 by the merger of the former communes Aulnoye and Aymeries.
Before the opening of the high-speed railway line between Brus ...
* Aulnoy-lez-Valenciennes
Aulnoy-lez-Valenciennes (, literally ''Aulnoy near Valenciennes''; pcd, Auno) is a commune in the Nord department in northern France.
Population
Heraldry
See also
*Communes of the Nord department
The following is a list of the 648 commu ...
* Avesnes-sur-Helpe
Avesnes-sur-Helpe (; vls, Avenne aan de Helpe) is a commune in the Nord department in northern France. It is a sub-prefecture of the Nord department. It is situated 14 km from the Belgian border, and 18 km south of Maubeuge, the near ...
* Bailleul
* Cambrai
Cambrai (, ; pcd, Kimbré; nl, Kamerijk), formerly Cambray and historically in English Camerick or Camericke, is a city in the Nord (French department), Nord Departments of France, department and in the Hauts-de-France Regions of France, regio ...
* Le Cateau-Cambrésis
Le Cateau-Cambrésis (, before 1977: ''Le Cateau'') is a commune in the Nord department in northern France. The term Cambrésis indicates that it lies in the county of that name which fell to the Prince-Bishop of Cambrai. Le Cateau station has ...
* Caudry
Caudry () is a commune in the Nord department in northern France. Its inhabitants are called theCaudrésiens. The town is mostly known as the Capital City of French Lace (along with Calais). Caudry station has rail connections to Douai, Cambr ...
* Coudekerque-Branche
Coudekerque-Branche (; nl, Nieuw-Koudekerke, ; vls, Nieuw-Koukerke; vls, label=French Flemish, Nieuwe-Koudekerke; ) is a commune and town in the French department of Nord, Hauts-de-France, northern France.
It is the largest suburb of Dunkir ...
* Croix
Croix (French for "cross") may refer to:
Belgium
* Croix-lez-Rouveroy, a village in municipality of Estinnes in the province of Hainaut
France
* Croix, Nord, in the Nord department
* Croix, Territoire de Belfort, in the Territoire de Belfort depa ...
* Denain
Denain (; pcd, Dnain) is a commune in the Nord department in northern France. Denain had a population of 19,877, on a land area of 11.52 km² (4.448 sq mi).
It is the largest of 47 communes which comprise the Communauté d'agglomération d ...
* Douai
Douai (, , ,; pcd, Doï; nl, Dowaai; formerly spelled Douay or Doway in English) is a city in the Nord département in northern France. It is a sub-prefecture of the department. Located on the river Scarpe some from Lille and from Arras, D ...
* Dunkerque-1
* Dunkerque-2
* Faches-Thumesnil
Faches-Thumesnil () is a commune in the Nord department in northern France.
It is a suburb south of Lille and forms part of the Métropole Européenne de Lille.
Population
Heraldry
Faches Thumesnil is twinned with the market town of St.Ne ...
* Fourmies
* Grande-Synthe
Grande-Synthe (; vls, Groot-Sinten) is a Communes of France, commune in the Nord (département), Nord Departments of France, department in the Nord-Pas de Calais Regions of France, region in northern France.
It is the third-largest suburb of t ...
* Hazebrouck
Hazebrouck (, nl, Hazebroek, , vls, Oazebroeke) is a commune in the Nord department, Hauts-de-France. It was a small market town in Flanders until it became an important railway junction in the 1860s. West Flemish was the usual language until 1 ...
* Lambersart
Lambersart () is a commune in the Nord department in northern France.
This commune is located in the Métropole Européenne de Lille, and is a suburb of the city of Lille, bordering it on its northwest side.
Inhabitants of the town are called ...
* Lille-1
* Lille-2
* Lille-3
* Lille-4
* Lille-5
* Lille-6
* Marly
* Maubeuge
Maubeuge (; historical nl, Mabuse or nl, Malbode; pcd, Maubeuche) is a commune in the Nord department in northern France.
It is situated on both banks of the Sambre (here canalized), east of Valenciennes and about from the Belgian border ...
* Orchies
Orchies (; nl, Oorschie) is a commune in the department of Nord in the Hauts-de-France region of northern France.
Orchies is the biggest town of the Pévèle. It is especially known for its ''Musée de la chicorée'', the museum of chicory.
...
* Roubaix-1
* Roubaix-2
* Saint-Amand-les-Eaux
Saint-Amand-les-Eaux (; former nl, Sint-Amands-aan-de-Skarpe, link=no) is a commune in the Nord department, northern France. It lies on the river Scarpe, 12 km northwest of Valenciennes. In French, the town people are named ''Amandinois'' ...
* Sin-le-Noble
Sin-le-Noble (; pcd, Sin-le-Nope) is a commune in the Nord department in northern France.
Population
Notable people
* Pierre-Jules Boulanger, born in 1885 in Sin-le-Noble: contributed in the manufacturing of the 2CV.
* Simonne Ratel (19 ...
* Templeuve-en-Pévèle
Templeuve-en-Pévèle (, before 2015: ''Templeuve'') is a commune in the Nord department in northern France.
Name
The commune is recorded as Templovium in 877, but was subsequently called Templeuve. The name may be derived from ''Templum Jovis' ...
* Tourcoing-1
* Tourcoing-2
* Valenciennes
Valenciennes (, also , , ; nl, label=also Dutch, Valencijn; pcd, Valincyinnes or ; la, Valentianae) is a commune in the Nord department, Hauts-de-France, France.
It lies on the Scheldt () river. Although the city and region experienced a s ...
* Villeneuve-d'Ascq
Villeneuve-d'Ascq (; pcd, Neuvile-Ask) is a commune in the Nord department in northern France. With more than 60,000 inhabitants and 50,000 students, it is one of the main cities of the Métropole Européenne de Lille and the largest in area ( ...
* Wormhout
Wormhout (; before 1975: ''Wormhoudt''; vls, Wormout) is a commune in the Nord department in northern France. Several people in Wormhout still speak West Flemish, a local dialect of Dutch and the traditional language of the region, while French ...
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