Canton of Leforest

French canton
name=Canton of Leforest
reg=
dept=
arr= Lens
chieftown=Leforest
numcomm=4
cancode= 62 56
pop=23,272
year=1999
area=26,83
dens=867,39
cg=
mandat=| The Canton of Leforest is a canton situated in the department of the Pas-de-Calais and in the Nord-Pas-de-Calais region of northern France.

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 comprises four communes and a total of 23,272 inhabitants (census of 1999, without double counting).

Population

See also

*Cantons of Pas-de-Calais
*Communes of Pas-de-Calais
*Pas-de-Calais
*Arrondissements of the Pas-de-Calais department

External links

* [http://www.recensement.insee.fr/RP99/rp99/co_navigation.co_page?nivgeo=P&theme=ALL&typeprod=ALL&codgeo=6256&quelcas=LISTE&lang=FR The canton of Leforest on the Insee website] fr
* [http://leforest.info Leforest website] fr

Notes

*"This article is based on the equivalent article from the French Wikipedia, consulted on April 15th, 2008."