Arrondissement of Douai

The **arrondissement of Douai** is an arrondissement of France, in the Nord department, Hauts-de-France region. Its capital is the city of Douai.

## History

When the Nord department was created on 1790, the _arrondissement_ of Douai was part of that original department.

## Geography

The _arrondissement_ of Douai is in the central part of the Nord department. It borders with the Lille _arrondissement_ to the north, the Valenciennes _arrondissement_ to the east, the Cambrai _arrondissement_ to the southeast and the Pas-de-Calais department to the south and west.

The _arrondissement_ of Douai is the smallest _arrondissement_ of the department with an area of . It has a population of 246,595 inhabitants for 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 Douai are:
- Aniche <small>(5901)</small>
- Douai <small>(5915)</small>
- Orchies <small>(5931)</small>
- Sin-le-Noble <small>(5935)</small>

### Communes

The _arrondissement_ of Douai has 64 _communes_; they are (with their INSEE codes)ː

1. Aix <small>(59004)</small>
1. Anhiers <small>(59007)</small>
1. Aniche <small>(59008)</small>
1. Arleux <small>(59015)</small>
1. Auberchicourt <small>(59024)</small>
1. Aubigny-au-Bac <small>(59026)</small>
1. Auby <small>(59028)</small>
1. Auchy-lez-Orchies <small>(59029)</small>
1. Beuvry-la-Forêt <small>(59080)</small>
1. Bouvignies <small>(59105)</small>
1. Bruille-lez-Marchiennes <small>(59113)</small>
1. Brunémont <small>(59115)</small>
1. Bugnicourt <small>(59117)</small>
1. Cantin <small>(59126)</small>
1. Courchelettes <small>(59156)</small>
1. Coutiches <small>(59158)</small>
1. Cuincy <small>(59165)</small>
1. Dechy <small>(59170)</small>
1. Douai <small>(59178)</small>
1. Erchin <small>(59199)</small>
1. Erre <small>(59203)</small>
1. Esquerchin <small>(59211)</small>
1. Estrées <small>(59214)</small>
1. Faumont <small>(59222)</small>
1. Fenain <small>(59227)</small>
1. Flers-en-Escrebieux <small>(59234)</small>
1. Flines-lez-Raches <small>(59239)</small>
1. Fressain <small>(59254)</small>
1. Féchain <small>(59224)</small>
1. Férin <small>(59228)</small>
1. Gœulzin <small>(59263)</small>
1. Guesnain <small>(59276)</small>
1. Hamel <small>(59280)</small>
1. Hornaing <small>(59314)</small>
1. Lallaing <small>(59327)</small>
1. Lambres-lez-Douai <small>(59329)</small>
1. Landas <small>(59330)</small>
1. Lauwin-Planque <small>(59334)</small>
1. Lewarde <small>(59345)</small>
1. Loffre <small>(59354)</small>
1. Lécluse <small>(59336)</small>
1. Marchiennes <small>(59375)</small>
1. Marcq-en-Ostrevent <small>(59379)</small>
1. Masny <small>(59390)</small>
1. Monchecourt <small>(59409)</small>
1. Montigny-en-Ostrevent <small>(59414)</small>
1. Nomain <small>(59435)</small>
1. Orchies <small>(59449)</small>
1. Pecquencourt <small>(59456)</small>
1. Raimbeaucourt <small>(59489)</small>
1. Rieulay <small>(59501)</small>
1. Roost-Warendin <small>(59509)</small>
1. Roucourt <small>(59513)</small>
1. Râches <small>(59486)</small>
1. Saméon <small>(59551)</small>
1. Sin-le-Noble <small>(59569)</small>
1. Somain <small>(59574)</small>
1. Tilloy-lez-Marchiennes <small>(59596)</small>
1. Villers-au-Tertre <small>(59620)</small>
1. Vred <small>(59629)</small>
1. Wandignies-Hamage <small>(59637)</small>
1. Warlaing <small>(59642)</small>
1. Waziers <small>(59654)</small>
1. Écaillon <small>(59185)</small>

The _communes_ with more inhabitants in the _arrondissement_ are:

|INSEE code !! _Commune_ !! Population <small>(2014)</small> !! Canton || Intercommunality|||||
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|59178|Douai|40,736|Douai|CA du Douaisis|
|59569|Sin-le-Noble|15,665|Sin-le-Noble|CA du Douaisis|
|59574|Somain|12,955|Sin-le-Noble|Cœur d'Ostrevent|
|59008|Aniche|10,431|Aniche|Cœur d'Ostrevent|
|59449|Orchies|8,378|Orchies|Pévèle-Carembault|
|59654|Waziers|7,497|Sin-le-Noble|CA du Douaisis|
|59028|Auby|7,320|Orchies|CA du Douaisis|
|59165|Cuincy|6,500|Douai|CA du Douaisis|
|59327|Lallaing|6,222|Sin-le-Noble|CA du Douaisis|
|59509|Roost-Warendin|6,125|Orchies|CA du Douaisis|

## Related pages

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

## Infobox (french subdivision)

- **type**: arr
- **name**: Douai
<small>Dowaai</small>
- **insee**: 593
- **nbcomm**: 64
- **prefecture**: n
- **seat**: Douai
- **area**: 476.6
- **image map**: Locator map of Arrondissement Douai 2019.png
- **map caption**: Location within the region Hauts-de-France