The Communauté urbaine d'Arras is the ''
communauté urbaine
(; French for "urban community") is the second most integrated form of intercommunality in France, after the ''Metropolis'' (). A is composed of a city ( commune) and its independent suburbs (independent communes).
The first communautés urba ...
'', an
intercommunal structure, centred on the
city
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of
Arras. It 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 ...
department, in the
Hauts-de-France
Hauts-de-France (; ; ), also referred to in English as 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. ...
region
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, northern
France
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. It was created in January 1998, replacing the previous ''district urbain d'Arras''. Its area is 306.0 km
2. 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
# Acq
# Agny
# Anzin-Saint-Aubin
# Arras
# Athies
# Bailleul-Sir-Berthoult
# Basseux
# Beaumetz-lès-Loges
# Beaurains
# Boiry-Becquerelle
# Boiry-Sainte-Rictrude
# Boiry-Saint-Martin
# Boisleux-au-Mont
# Boisleux-Saint-Marc
# Boyelles
# Dainville
# Écurie
# Étrun
# Fampoux
# Farbus
# Feuchy
# Ficheux
# Gavrelle
# Guémappe
# Héninel
# Hénin-sur-Cojeul
# Marœuil
#Mercatel
Mercatel () is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Hauts-de-France region of France south of Arras.
Population
See also
*Communes of the Pas-de-Calais department
The following is a list of the 887 communes of the Pas-de ...
# Monchy-le-Preux
# Mont-Saint-Éloi
# Neuville-Saint-Vaast
# Neuville-Vitasse
# Ransart
# Rivière
# Roclincourt
# RÅ“ux
# Sainte-Catherine
# Saint-Laurent-Blangy
# Saint-Martin-sur-Cojeul
# Saint-Nicolas
# Thélus
# Tilloy-lès-Mofflaines
# Wailly
# Wancourt
# Willerval
References
Arras
Arras
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