The Communauté urbaine d'Arras is the '' communauté urbaine'', an intercommunal structure, centred on the

city A city is a human settlement of notable size.Goodall, B. (1987) ''The Penguin Dictionary of Human Geography''. London: Penguin.Kuper, A. and Kuper, J., eds (1996) ''The Social Science Encyclopedia''. 2nd edition. London: Routledge. It can be def ...

Arras Arras ( , ; pcd, Aro; historical nl, Atrecht ) is the prefecture of the Pas-de-Calais department, which forms part of the region of Hauts-de-France; before the reorganization of 2014 it was in Nord-Pas-de-Calais. The historic centre of ...

. It is located 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 of ...

department, in the

Hauts-de-France Hauts-de-France (; pcd, Heuts-d'Franche; , also ''Upper France'') is the northernmost region of France, created by the territorial reform of French regions in 2014, from a merger of Nord-Pas-de-Calais and Picardy. Its prefecture is Lille. The ...

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, northern

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. It was created in January 1998, replacing the previous ''district urbain d'Arras''. Its area is 306.0 km². Its population was 108,347 in 2018, of which 41,555 in Arras proper.Comparateur de territoire
INSEE. 5 April 2022.

Composition

The Communauté urbaine d'Arras consists of the following 46 communes:CU d'Arras (N° SIREN : 200033579)
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Achicourt Achicourt (; vls, Kortaken; pcd, Hachicourt) is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in northern France. Geography A light industrial suburb of Arras located 2 miles (3 km) southwest of Arras, at the D3 and D5 road junction. The ri ...

# Acq # Agny #

Anzin-Saint-Aubin Anzin-Saint-Aubin () is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in northern France. Geography A suburb located 2 miles (3 km) northwest of Arras, at the junction of the D341, D60 and D64 roads, by the banks of the river Scarpe. History ...

# Athies #

Bailleul-Sir-Berthoult Bailleul-Sir-Berthoult is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Hauts-de-France region of France. Geography A farming village located 5 miles (8 km) northeast of Arras at the junction of the D49 and D919 roads. Population S ...

# Basseux #

Beaumetz-lès-Loges Beaumetz-lès-Loges () is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Hauts-de-France region in northern France. Geography A farming village located 7 miles (11 km) southwest of Arras at the junction of the N25 with the D7 road. Po ...

Beaurains Beaurains () is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Hauts-de-France region in northern France. Geography A suburban town located 3 miles (5 km) south of Arras at the junction of the N17 with the D5 road. History The first ...

Boiry-Becquerelle Boiry-Becquerelle () is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Hauts-de-France region in northern France. Geography A farming village located 7 miles (11 km) south of Arras on the N17 junction with the D35 road. Population ...

# Boiry-Sainte-Rictrude # Boiry-Saint-Martin #

Boisleux-au-Mont Boisleux-au-Mont () is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Hauts-de-France region in northern France. Geography A farming village located 6 miles (10 km) south of Arras at the junction of the D35 and D36 roads. Population Sig ...

Boisleux-Saint-Marc Boisleux-Saint-Marc (; pcd, Bouilleul-Saint-Marc) is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Hauts-de-France region in northern France. Geography A farming village located 7 miles (11 km) south of Arras on the D35 road. Popul ...

Boyelles Boyelles is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Hauts-de-France region in northern France. Geography A farming village located 6 miles (11 km) south of Arras on the N17 road. A celebration of the potato takes place annually on ...

Dainville Dainville () is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Hauts-de-France region of France. Geography A farming and light industrial suburb west of Arras at the junction of the N25 with the D60 and D59 roads. Population Places of in ...

Écurie Écurie () is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Hauts-de-France region of France. Geography A farming village situated north of Arras at the junction of the N17 and D60 roads. Population Places of interest * The church of St.S ...

Étrun Étrun (; vls, Stroom) is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Hauts-de-France region of France. Geography A farming village situated northwest of Arras, at the junction of the N39 and the D55 roads. The river Gy flows through th ...

Fampoux Fampoux () is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Hauts-de-France region of France. Geography A farming village situated east of Arras, on the D42 road. The A1 autoroute passes by the village about half a mile away. Population ...

Farbus Farbus is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Hauts-de-France region of France. It is located 7 kilometres from the Canadian National Vimy Memorial dedicated to the Battle of Vimy Ridge (part of the Battle of Arras) and the missing ...

Feuchy Feuchy () is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Hauts-de-France region of France. It is a small village, with a little more than 1000 inhabitants, and had only about 500 inhabitants in 1914. It is situated two kilometers east of A ...

Ficheux Ficheux () is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Hauts-de-France region of France. Geography A farming village situated south of Arras, at the junction of the D34 and D36 roads. Population The inhabitants are called ''Ficheusoi ...

# Gavrelle #

Guémappe Guémappe () is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Hauts-de-France region of France. Geography A small farming village situated southeast of Arras, at the junction of the D34 and the D38 roads. History First noted as ''Gammapiu ...

Héninel Héninel () is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Hauts-de-France region of France. Geography A small farming village situated southeast of Arras, on the D33 road and just yards away from the A1 autoroute. Population Places o ...

Hénin-sur-Cojeul Hénin-sur-Cojeul () is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Hauts-de-France region of France. Geography A farming village situated southeast of Arras, at the junction of the D33 and the D5 roads. Population Places of interest ...

Marœuil Marœuil (; vls, Marol) is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Hauts-de-France region of France. Geography Marœuil is a large farming and light industrial village situated northwest of Arras, at the junction of the D55, D56 and ...

Mercatel Mercatel () is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Hauts-de-France region of France. Geography Mercatel is situated south of Arras, at the junction of the D34 and the N17 roads. Population Places of interest * The church of S ...

Monchy-le-Preux Monchy-le-Preux () is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Hauts-de-France region of France. Geography Monchy-le-Preux is situated southeast of Arras, at the junction of the D33 and the D339 roads. Junction 15 of the A1 autoroute ...

# Mont-Saint-Éloi #

Neuville-Saint-Vaast Neuville-Saint-Vaast is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Hauts-de-France region of France. It is located south of the Canadian National Vimy Memorial dedicated to the Battle of Vimy Ridge. The Memorial was built on Hill 145, the ...

Neuville-Vitasse Neuville-Vitasse () is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Hauts-de-France region of France. Geography Neuville-Vitasse situated southeast of Arras, at the junction of the D14 and D5 roads. Population Places of interest * The ch ...

# Ransart # Rivière #

Roclincourt Roclincourt () is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in northern France. Geography Roclincourt is north of the town of Arras, south of Lens, and approximately from Calais. List of successive mayors History World War I Roclincourt ...

Rœux Rœux () is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Hauts-de-France region of France. Geography Rœux lies on the banks of the Scarpe river about east of Arras at the junction of the D33, D42 and D46 roads. The junction of the A1 and ...

# Sainte-Catherine #

Saint-Laurent-Blangy Saint-Laurent-Blangy () is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Hauts-de-France region of France. Geography Saint-Laurent-Blangy is a light industrial suburb and river port on the northeast side of Arras, at the junction of the N50, ...

Saint-Martin-sur-Cojeul Saint-Martin-sur-Cojeul (; pcd, Saint-Martin-su-Cojeul) is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Hauts-de-France region of France. Geography Saint-Martin-sur-Cojeul lies southeast of Arras, on the D33 road. The A1 autoroute passes ...

# Saint-Nicolas #

Thélus Thélus is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Hauts-de-France region of France. It is located southeast of the Canadian National Vimy Memorial dedicated to the Battle of Vimy Ridge and the missing First World War Canadian soldiers ...

Tilloy-lès-Mofflaines Tilloy-lès-Mofflaines () is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Hauts-de-France region of France. Geography Tilloy-lès-Mofflaines lies on the south-eastern side of Arras, at the junction of the N39, D34 and D60 roads. Populatio ...

# Wailly # Wancourt # Willerval

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