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/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 Douai are:
 Aniche (5901)
 Douai (5915)
 Orchies (5931)
 Sin-le-Noble (5935)

Communes
The arrondissement of Douai has 64 communes; they are (with their INSEE codes)ː

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

The communes with more inhabitants in the arrondissement are:

 INSEEcode  Commune  Population(2014)  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

References

Douai