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

communauté de communes A (, "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'' (intercommunality). As of 1 J ...

'', an intercommunal structure, in the

Pas-de-Calais The Pas-de-Calais (, ' strait of Calais'; ; ) 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 France, with 890, and is the ...

department, 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 (; ; ) is a Communes of France, commune in the Pas-de-Calais Departments of France, 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 De ...

.CC de Desvres-Samer (N° SIREN : 200018083)
BANATIC, accessed 17 October 2024.

Composition

The communauté de communes consists of the following 31 communes: # Alincthun # Bellebrune # Belle-et-Houllefort # Bournonville #

Brunembert Brunembert (; ) is a Communes of France, commune in the Pas-de-Calais Departments of France, department in the Hauts-de-France Regions of France, region in northern France. Geography A small farming commune, some east of Boulogne, at the juncti ...

# Carly # Colembert # Courset #

Crémarest Crémarest () is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Hauts-de-France region of France. Geography A farming and forestry village, some east of Boulogne, at the junction of the D238 and the D254 roads, by the banks of the river Lia ...

# Doudeauville # Halinghen # Henneveux # Lacres # Longfossé # Longueville # Lottinghen # Menneville # Nabringhen #

Quesques Quesques (; ) is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Hauts-de-France region of France east of Boulogne. Population See also *Communes of the Pas-de-Calais department The following is a list of the 887 communes of the Pas ...

# Questrecques # Saint-Martin-Choquel #

Samer Samer (; ; ) is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Hauts-de-France region of France. Population Notable people * Saint Vulmar, hermit who founded Samer Abbey in the 6th century. * Eustace the Monk (c. 1170–1217), pirate an ...

# Selles #

Senlecques Senlecques () is a Communes of France, commune in the Pas-de-Calais Departments of France, department in the Hauts-de-France region of France. Geography Senlecques is situated some east of Boulogne, at the junction of the D254 and D341 roads. ...

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

Wirwignes Wirwignes (; ) is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Hauts-de-France region of France. Geography Wirwignes is situated some southeast of Boulogne, at the junction of the D238 and the D341 roads, on the banks of the river Liane. ...

References

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