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Communauté d'agglomération An agglomeration community (french: communauté d'agglomération) is a government structure in France, created by the Chevènement Law of 1999. It is one of four forms of intercommunality, less integrated than a métropole or a communauté urb ...

de l'Artois (Artois Comm.) is a former administrative entity in the Pas-de-Calais ''

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'', in northern

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. Administrative center:

Béthune Béthune ( ; archaic and ''Bethwyn'' historically in English) is a city in northern France, sub-prefecture of the Pas-de-Calais department. Geography Béthune is located in the former province of Artois. It is situated south-east of Calais, ...

.CA de l'Artois (N° SIREN : 246200141)
BANATIC It covered 59

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, and had a population of approximately 210,000. It was the largest such ''communauté'' in Pas-de-Calais (but the most populated was the Communaupole of Lens-Liévin). It is named after

Artois Artois ( ; ; nl, Artesië; English adjective: ''Artesian'') is a region of northern France. Its territory covers an area of about 4,000 km2 and it has a population of about one million. Its principal cities are Arras (Dutch: ''Atrecht'') ...

, a former

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. It was established in January 2002. It merged with the Communauté de communes de Nœux et environs in 2014, and was renamed ''Communauté d'agglomération de Béthune Bruay Nœux et environs''. This was merged into the new

Communauté d'agglomération de Béthune-Bruay, Artois-Lys Romane Communauté d'agglomération de Béthune-Bruay, Artois-Lys Romane is the ''communauté d'agglomération'', an intercommunal structure, centred on the cities of Béthune and Bruay-la-Buissière. It is located in the Pas-de-Calais department, in th ...

in 2017.

Communes

The 59 communes as of 2013: *

Annequin Annequin () is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Hauts-de-France region of France. Geography Annequin is a large farming (and ex-mining) village situated some east of Béthune and southwest of Lille, at the junction of the D61 ...

* Annezin *

Auchel Auchel (; pcd, Auchez) is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Hauts-de-France region in northern France. Geography An ex-mining town, nowadays a light industrial & farming commune, situated southwest of Béthune and southwest of ...

Auchy-les-Mines Auchy-les-Mines () is a Communes of France, commune in the Pas-de-Calais Departments of France, department in the Hauts-de-France region of France. Until 1926 it was named ''Auchy-lez-La-Bassée''. Geography A small ex-coal mining town, now mostl ...

* Bajus * Barlin *

* Beugin * Beuvry * Billy-Berclau *

Bruay-la-Buissière Bruay-la-Buissière (; vls, Bruwaei, pcd, Brouay-l'Bussière) is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Hauts-de-France region in northern France. Geography A former coalmining town some southwest of Béthune and southwest of ...

* Calonne-Ricouart *

Camblain-Châtelain Camblain-Châtelain () is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Hauts-de-France region of France. Geography Camblain-Châtelain is a farming and light industrial village some southwest of Béthune and southwest of Lille, at the ju ...

Cambrin Cambrin () is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Hauts-de-France region of France. Geography A farming and light industrial village some east of Béthune and southwest of Lille, at the junction of the D166 and the N41 roads, by ...

Cauchy-à-la-Tour Cauchy-à-la-Tour (; pcd, El-Cauchie-à-l’Tour; Dutch:"Turringhem" (house of the sons of Turr)) is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Hauts-de-France region of France. Geography A farming and ex- coalmining village some sout ...

* Caucourt * Chocques * La Comté * La Couture *

Cuinchy Cuinchy is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Hauts-de-France region of France. Geography A farming village some east of Béthune and southwest of Lille, at the junction of the D166 and the D166E3 roads, by the banks of the Ca ...

* Diéval * Divion *

Douvrin Douvrin (; vls, Doverin) is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Hauts-de-France region of France. Geography Douvrin is an ex- coalmining town some east of Béthune and southwest of Lille, at the junction of the D165, the D163 a ...

* Essars * Estrée-Cauchy *

Festubert Festubert is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Hauts-de-France region of France. The village was on the Western Front during the First World War and was largely destroyed in the May 1915 Battle of Festubert. Geography A farming v ...

* Fresnicourt-le-Dolmen * Gauchin-Légal *

Givenchy-lès-la-Bassée Givenchy-lès-la-Bassée is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Hauts-de-France region of France. Geography A farming village situated west of La Bassée, east of Béthune and southwest of Lille, at the junction of the D166 and t ...

* Gosnay * Haillicourt * Haisnes *

Hermin Hermin () is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Hauts-de-France region of France. Geography A small farming village, situated some northwest of Arras on the D72 near its junction with the D341 road. A small stream, the Hermin ...

* Hersin-Coupigny * Hesdigneul-lès-Béthune *

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Houchin Houchin () is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Hauts-de-France region of France. Geography A farming village, situated some south of Béthune near the junction of the D72 and the D171 roads. Population Places of interest * ...

Houdain Houdain () is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Hauts-de-France region of France. Geography A former coalmining, now a light industrial and farming town, situated some south of Béthune at the junction of the D86, D301 and the ...

Labeuvrière Labeuvrière () is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Hauts-de-France region of France. Geography A large farming and light industrial village, situated some west of Béthune and southwest of Lille on the D181e5, traversed by t ...

* Lapugnoy * Locon * Lorgies * Lozinghem * Maisnil-lès-Ruitz * Marles-les-Mines * Neuve-Chapelle * Noyelles-lès-Vermelles * Oblinghem * Ourton * Rebreuve-Ranchicourt * Richebourg * Ruitz * Sailly-Labourse * Vendin-lès-Béthune *

Vermelles Vermelles () is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Hauts-de-France region of France. Geography Vermelles is situated southeast of Béthune and southwest of Lille, at the junction of the D39, D75 and D943 roads and by the banks ...

* Verquigneul * Verquin * Vieille-Chapelle *

Violaines Violaines () is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Hauts-de-France region of France. Geography An ex-coalmining region, Violaines is situated some east of Béthune and southwest of Lille, at the junction of the D167 and D947 roa ...

References

External links

Communauté d'agglomération de l'Artois website
(in French) Geography of the Pas-de-Calais

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