The arrondissement of Avesnes-sur-Helpe, called usually as Avesnois , is an arrondissement of France, in the Nord department, Hauts-de-France region. Its capital is the city of Avesnes-sur-Helpe.

History
When the Nord department was created on 1790, the arrondissement of Avesnes-sur-Helpe, with the name of Avesnes, was part of that original department.

In 1962, the name of the commune, and of the arrondissement, Avesnes was changed to Avesnes-sur-Helpe.

Geography
The arrondissement of Avesnes-sur-Helpe is in the southeast of the Nord department. It borders with Belgium to the north and east, and with the Aisne department to the south. The Valenciennes arrondissement is to the northwest and the Cambrai arrondissement to the west.

The arrondissement of Avesnes-sur-Helpe is the second largest arrondissement of the department with an area of . It has a population of 231,727 inhabitants and a population density of  inhabitants/km2.

Composition

Cantons
After the reorganisation of the cantons in France, cantons are not subdivisions of the arrondissements so they could have communes that belong to different arrondissements.

The cantons in the arrondissement of Avesnes-sur-Helpe are:

 Aulnoye-Aymeries (5905)
 Avesnes-sur-Helpe (5907)
 Fourmies (5919)
 Maubeuge (5930)

Communes
The arrondissement of Avesnes-sur-Helpe has 151 communes; they are (with their INSEE codes)ː

 Aibes (59003)
 Amfroipret (59006)
 Anor (59012)
 Assevent (59021)
 Audignies (59031)
 Aulnoye-Aymeries (59033)
 Avesnelles (59035)
 Avesnes-sur-Helpe (59036)
 Bachant (59041)
 Baives (59045)
 Bas-Lieu (59050)
 Bavay (59053)
 Beaudignies (59057)
 Beaufort (59058)
 Beaurepaire-sur-Sambre (59061)
 Beaurieux (59062)
 Bellignies (59065)
 Berlaimont (59068)
 Bermeries (59070)
 Bersillies (59072)
 Bettignies (59076)
 Bettrechies (59077)
 Beugnies (59078)
 Boulogne-sur-Helpe (59093)
 Bousies (59099)
 Bousignies-sur-Roc (59101)
 Boussières-sur-Sambre (59103)
 Boussois (59104)
 Bry (59116)
 Bérelles (59066)
 Cartignies (59134)
 Cerfontaine (59142)
 Choisies (59147)
 Clairfayts (59148)
 Colleret (59151)
 Cousolre (59157)
 Croix-Caluyau (59164)
 Damousies (59169)
 Dimechaux (59174)
 Dimont (59175)
 Dompierre-sur-Helpe (59177)
 Dourlers (59181)
 Eccles (59186)
 Éclaibes (59187)
 Écuélin (59188)
 Élesmes (59190)
 Englefontaine (59194)
 Eppe-Sauvage (59198)
 Eth (59217)
 Étrœungt (59218)
 Feignies (59225)
 Felleries (59226)
 Ferrière-la-Grande (59230)
 Ferrière-la-Petite (59231)
 Flaumont-Waudrechies (59233)
 Floursies (59240)
 Floyon (59241)
 Fontaine-au-Bois (59242)
 Forest-en-Cambrésis (59246)
 Fourmies (59249)
 Frasnoy (59251)
 Féron (59229)
 Ghissignies (59259)
 Glageon (59261)
 Gognies-Chaussée (59264)
 Gommegnies (59265)
 Grand-Fayt (59270)
 Gussignies (59277)
 Hargnies (59283)
 Haut-Lieu (59290)
 Hautmont (59291)
 Hecq (59296)
 Hestrud (59306)
 Hon-Hergies (59310)
 Houdain-lez-Bavay (59315)
 Jenlain (59323)
 Jeumont (59324)
 Jolimetz (59325)
 La Flamengrie (59232)
 La Longueville (59357)
 Landrecies (59331)
 Larouillies (59333)
 Le Favril (59223)
 Le Quesnoy (59481)
 Leval (59344)
 Lez-Fontaine (59342)
 Liessies (59347)
 Limont-Fontaine (59351)
 Locquignol (59353)
 Louvignies-Quesnoy (59363)
 Louvroil (59365)
 Mairieux (59370)
 Marbaix (59374)
 Maresches (59381)
 Maroilles (59384)
 Marpent (59385)
 Maubeuge (59392)
 Mecquignies (59396)
 Monceau-Saint-Waast (59406)
 Moustier-en-Fagne (59420)
 Neuf-Mesnil (59424)
 Neuville-en-Avesnois (59425)
 Noyelles-sur-Sambre (59439)
 Obies (59441)
 Obrechies (59442)
 Ohain (59445)
 Orsinval (59451)
 Petit-Fayt (59461)
 Poix-du-Nord (59464)
 Pont-sur-Sambre (59467)
 Potelle (59468)
 Preux-au-Bois (59472)
 Preux-au-Sart (59473)
 Prisches (59474)
 Quiévelon (59483)
 Rainsars (59490)
 Ramousies (59493)
 Raucourt-au-Bois (59494)
 Recquignies (59495)
 Robersart (59503)
 Rousies (59514)
 Ruesnes (59518)
 Sains-du-Nord (59525)
 Saint-Aubin (59529)
 Saint-Hilaire-sur-Helpe (59534)
 Saint-Remy-Chaussée (59542)
 Saint-Remy-du-Nord (59543)
 Saint-Waast (59548)
 Salesches (59549)
 Sars-Poteries (59555)
 Sassegnies (59556)
 Semousies (59563)
 Sepmeries (59565)
 Solre-le-Château (59572)
 Solrinnes (59573)
 Sémeries (59562)
 Taisnières-en-Thiérache (59583)
 Taisnières-sur-Hon (59584)
 Trélon (59601)
 Vendegies-au-Bois (59607)
 Vieux-Mesnil (59617)
 Vieux-Reng (59618)
 Villereau (59619)
 Villers-Pol (59626)
 Villers-Sire-Nicole (59627)
 Wallers-en-Fagne (59633)
 Wargnies-le-Grand (59639)
 Wargnies-le-Petit (59640)
 Wattignies-la-Victoire (59649)
 Wignehies (59659)
 Willies (59661)

The communes with more inhabitants in the arrondissement are:

Related pages
 Arrondissements of the Nord department
 List of arrondissements of France

References

Avesnes-sur-Helpe