Arrondissement of Boulogne-sur-Mer

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| seat=Boulogne-sur-Mer

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The arrondissement of Boulogne-sur-Mer is an arrondissement of France in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Hauts-de-France region. It has 74 communes. Its population is 157,817 (2021), and its area is {{convert|633.7|km2|abbr=on}}.{{cite web|url=https://www.insee.fr/fr/statistiques/1405599?geo=ARR-621+ARR-622+ARR-623+ARR-624+ARR-625+ARR-626+ARR-627|title=Comparateur de territoire, géographie au 01/01/2024|access-date=11 December 2024|publisher=INSEE}}

Composition

The communes of the arrondissement of Boulogne-sur-Mer, and their INSEE codes, are:{{cite web|url=https://www.insee.fr/fr/statistiques/fichier/7728806/dep62.pdf |title=Populations légales 2021: 62 Pas-de-Calais|date=December 2023|publisher=INSEE}}

Alincthun (62022)
Ambleteuse (62025)
Audembert (62052)
Audinghen (62054)
Audresselles (62056)
Baincthun (62075)
Bazinghen (62089)
Bellebrune (62104)
Belle-et-Houllefort (62105)
Beuvrequen (62125)
Boulogne-sur-Mer (62160)
Bournonville (62165)
Brunembert (62179)
Carly (62214)
Colembert (62230)
Condette (62235)
Conteville-lès-Boulogne (62237)
Courset (62251)
Crémarest (62255)
Dannes (62264)
Desvres (62268)
Doudeauville (62273)
Echinghen (62281)
Équihen-Plage (62300)
Ferques (62329)
Halinghen (62402)
Henneveux (62429)
Hervelinghen (62444)
Hesdigneul-lès-Boulogne (62446)
Hesdin-l'Abbé (62448)
Isques (62474)
La Capelle-lès-Boulogne (62908)
Lacres (62483)
Landrethun-le-Nord (62487)
Le Portel (62667)
Le Wast (62880)
Leubringhen (62503)
Leulinghen-Bernes (62505)
Longfossé (62524)
Longueville (62526)
Lottinghen (62530)
Maninghen-Henne (62546)
Marquise (62560)
Menneville (62566)
Nabringhen (62599)
Nesles (62603)
Neufchâtel-Hardelot (62604)
Offrethun (62636)
Outreau (62643)
Pernes-lès-Boulogne (62653)
Pittefaux (62658)
Quesques (62678)
Questrecques (62679)
Rety (62705)
Rinxent (62711)
Saint-Étienne-au-Mont (62746)
Saint-Inglevert (62751)
Saint-Léonard (62755)
Saint-Martin-Boulogne (62758)
Saint-Martin-Choquel (62759)
Samer (62773)
Selles (62786)
Senlecques (62789)
Tardinghen (62806)
Tingry (62821)
Verlincthun (62845)
Vieil-Moutier (62853)
Wacquinghen (62867)
Wierre-au-Bois (62888)
Wierre-Effroy (62889)
Wimereux (62893)
Wimille (62894)
Wirwignes (62896)
Wissant (62899)

History

The arrondissement of Boulogne-sur-Mer was created in 1800.[http://splaf.free.fr/62his.html Historique du Pas-de-Calais] The arrondissement of Calais was created in 1962 from part of the arrondissement of Boulogne-sur-Mer.[https://www.legifrance.gouv.fr/jo_pdf.do?id=JORFTEXT000000302017&pageCourante=00317 Décret n°62-6 du 10 janvier 1962] At the January 2017 reorganisation of the arrondissements of Pas-de-Calais, it lost one commune to the arrondissement of Calais.{{cite web|url=http://www.pas-de-calais.gouv.fr/content/download/24593/171880/file/Recueil%20des%20actes%20administratifs%20n°38%20du%2021%20décembre%202016.pdf|title=Arrêté préfectoral, 20 December 2016|accessdate=2019-10-22}}

As a result of the reorganisation of the cantons of France which came into effect in 2015, the borders of the cantons are no longer related to the borders of the arrondissements. The cantons of the arrondissement of Boulogne-sur-Mer were, as of January 2015:[https://www.insee.fr/fr/statistiques/fichier/2119595/dep62.pdf Populations légales 2012: 62 Pas-de-Calais], INSEE

= Sub-prefects =

Joseph Masclet (14 Floréal an VIII, 4 May 1800)
Antoine Pugliesi-Conti (1866)
Charles Lutaud (10 April 1884)

References

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