The
communauté de communes des Pays d'Opale (before 2017: ''communauté de communes des Trois Pays'') was created on 27 December 1996 and is located 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 ...
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département
In the administrative divisions of France, the department (, ) is one of the three levels of government under the national level (" territorial collectivities"), between the administrative regions and the communes. There are a total of 101 ...
'', in northern France. It lost four communes to the
agglomeration community Grand Calais Terres et Mers on 1 December 2019. Its seat is
Guînes
Guînes (; ; ) is a commune in the northern French department of Pas-de-Calais. Historically, it was spelt ''Guisnes''.
On 7 January 1785, Jean-Pierre Blanchard, a French pioneer in hydrogen-balloon flight, completed the first aerial crossi ...
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[CC Pays d'Opale (N° SIREN : 200072478)]
BANATIC, accessed 12 November 2024. Its area is 189.3 km
2, and its population was 25,188 in 2018.
[Comparateur de territoire]
INSEE, accessed 8 April 2022.
Composition
The communauté de communes consists of the following 23 communes:
[
# Alembon
# Andres
# Ardres
# Autingues
# Bainghen
# Balinghem
# Bouquehault
# Boursin
# Brêmes
# Caffiers
# Campagne-lès-Guines
# Fiennes
#]Guînes
Guînes (; ; ) is a commune in the northern French department of Pas-de-Calais. Historically, it was spelt ''Guisnes''.
On 7 January 1785, Jean-Pierre Blanchard, a French pioneer in hydrogen-balloon flight, completed the first aerial crossi ...
# Hardinghen
# Herbinghen
# Hermelinghen
# Hocquinghen
# Landrethun-lès-Ardres
# Licques
# Louches
# Nielles-lès-Ardres
# Rodelinghem
# Sanghen
References
External links
Official website of the Communauté de communes des Pays d'Opale
Pays d'Opale
Pays d'Opale
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