The Communauté de communes de Desvres-Samer is a ''

communauté de communes A ''communauté de communes'' (, "community of communes") is a federation of municipalities (communes) in France. It forms a framework within which local tasks are carried out together. It is the least-integrated form of ''intercommunalité'' (int ...

'', an intercommunal structure, 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 ...

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, in the

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, northern

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. It was created in January 2009 by the merger of the former communautés de communes Pays de la Faïence de Desvres and Samer et environs. Its area is 245.3 km², and its population was 23,225 in 2018.Comparateur de territoire
INSEE, accessed 7 April 2022. Its seat is in

Desvres Desvres (; pcd, Dèfes; vls, Deveren) is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in northern France. It is a market town, known for its pottery. In 2018 its population was 4,930 inhabitants. It is the seat of the canton of Desvres. Population ...

.CC de Desvres-Samer (N° SIREN : 200018083)
BANATIC, accessed 7 April 2022.

Composition

The communauté de communes consists of the following 31 communes: # Alincthun #

Bellebrune Bellebrune (; vls, Bellebronne) is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Hauts-de-France region in northern France France (), officially the French Republic ( ), is a country primarily located in Western Europe. It als ...

# Belle-et-Houllefort #

Bournonville August Bournonville (21 August 1805 – 30 November 1879) was a Danish ballet master and choreographer. He was the son of Antoine Bournonville, a dancer and choreographer trained under the French choreographer, Jean Georges Noverre, and the ne ...

# Brunembert # Carly # Colembert # Courset # Crémarest #

# Doudeauville # Halinghen # Henneveux # Lacres # Longfossé # Longueville #

Lottinghen Lottinghen () is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Hauts-de-France region of France. Geography Lottinghen is situated about 14 mi east of Boulogne, at the junction of the D204 and D254 roads. Population History On March 13 ...

# Menneville # Nabringhen # Quesques # Questrecques # Saint-Martin-Choquel #

Samer Samer (; pcd, Samé; vls, Sint-Wulmaars) is a commune and in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Hauts-de-France region of France. Population Places of interest * The church of St.Martin, dating from the 15th century. * The château du Gr ...

# Selles # Senlecques #

Tingry Tingry () is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Hauts-de-France region of France. Geography Tingry is situated southeast of Boulogne, at the junction of the D901 (formerly the N1 – the Paris-Calais highway) and D238 roads. ...

# Verlincthun # Vieil-Moutier # Le Wast # Wierre-au-Bois # Wirwignes

References

Commune communities in France Intercommunalities of Pas-de-Calais {{PasdeCalais-geo-stub