Agglomeration community of Artois

The Communauté d'agglomération de l'Artois (Artois Comm.) is a former administrative entity in the Pas-de-Calais département, in northern France. Administrative center: Béthune.

Artois
Former communauté d'agglomération
Country	France
Region	Hauts-de-France
Department	Pas-de-Calais
No. of communes	59
Established	2002
Disbanded	2014
Seat	Béthune
Area	389 km2 (150 sq mi)
Population  (2013)	209,528
• Density	539/km2 (1,400/sq mi)

It covered 59 communes, 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, a former province of France. 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 in 2017.

Communes

The 59 communes as of 2013:

• Annequin
• Annezin
• Auchel
• Auchy-les-Mines
• Bajus
• Barlin
• Béthune
• Beugin
• Beuvry
• Billy-Berclau
• Bruay-la-Buissière
• Calonne-Ricouart
• Camblain-Châtelain
• Cambrin
• Cauchy-à-la-Tour
• Caucourt
• Chocques
• La Comté
• La Couture
• Cuinchy
• Diéval
• Divion
• Douvrin
• Essars
• Estrée-Cauchy
• Festubert
• Fresnicourt-le-Dolmen
• Gauchin-Légal
• Givenchy-lès-la-Bassée
• Gosnay
• Haillicourt
• Haisnes
• Hermin
• Hersin-Coupigny
• Hesdigneul-lès-Béthune
• Hinges
• Houchin
• Houdain
• Labeuvrière
• 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
• Verquigneul
• Verquin
• Vieille-Chapelle
• Violaines

External links

• Communauté d'agglomération de l'Artois website (in French)