Country France Department Pas-de-Calais Seat Leforest Commune 4 | Region Nord-Pas-de-Calais Arrondissement Lens Communes 4 | |
The Canton of Leforest is a former canton situated in the department of the Pas-de-Calais and in the Nord-Pas-de-Calais region of northern France. It was disbanded following the French canton reorganisation which came into effect in March 2015.
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Geography
The canton is organised around Leforest in the arrondissement of Lens. The altitude varies from 20 m (Courcelles-lès-Lens) to 66 m (Leforest) for an average altitude of 27 m.
Composition
The canton comprised four communes and a total of 23,272 inhabitants (census of 1999, without double counting).
References
Canton of Leforest Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA