Arrondissement of Avesnes-sur-Helpe

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/km<sup>2</sup>.

### 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 <small>(5905)</small>
- Avesnes-sur-Helpe <small>(5907)</small>
- Fourmies <small>(5919)</small>
- Maubeuge <small>(5930)</small>

### Communes

The _arrondissement_ of Avesnes-sur-Helpe has 151 _communes_; they are (with their INSEE codes)ː

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

The _communes_ with more inhabitants in the _arrondissement_ are:

|INSEE code !! _Commune_ !! Population <small>(2014)</small> !! Canton || Intercommunality|||||
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|59392|Maubeuge|30,347|Maubeuge|CA Maubeuge Val de Sambre|
|59291|Hautmont|14,507|Avesnes-sur-Helpe|CA Maubeuge Val de Sambre|
|59249|Fourmies|12,340|Fourmies|Le Sud Avesnois|
|59324|Jeumont|9,995|Maubeuge|CA Maubeuge Val de Sambre|
|59033|Aulnoye-Aymeries|8,911|Aulnoye-Aymeries|CA Maubeuge Val de Sambre|
|59225|Feignies|7,054|Aulnoye-Aymeries|CA Maubeuge Val de Sambre|
|59365|Louvroil|6,673|Maubeuge|CA Maubeuge Val de Sambre|
|59230|Ferrière-la-Grande|5,335|Maubeuge|CA Maubeuge Val de Sambre|
|59481|Le Quesnoy|5,003|Avesnes-sur-Helpe|Le Pays de Mormal|
|59036|Avesnes-sur-Helpe|4,662|Avesnes-sur-Helpe|Cœur de l'Avesnois|
|59514|Rousies|4,084|Fourmies|CA Maubeuge Val de Sambre|

## Related pages

- Arrondissements of the Nord department
- List of arrondissements of France

## Infobox (french subdivision)

- **type**: arr
- **name**: Avesnes-sur-Helpe
- **insee**: 591
- **nbcomm**: 151
- **prefecture**: n
- **seat**: Avesnes-sur-Helpe
- **area**: 1407.5
- **image map**: Locator map of Arrondissement Avesnes-sur-Helpe 2019.png
- **map caption**: Location within the region Hauts-de-France