Canton of Ardres

The canton of Ardres 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. It had a total of 21,370 inhabitants (2012, without double counting).

Geography
The canton was organised around Ardres in the arrondissement of Saint-Omer. The altitude varied from 0m (Éperlecques) to 196m (Rebergues) for an average altitude of 42m.

The canton comprised 22 communes:


 * Ardres
 * Audrehem
 * Autingues
 * Balinghem
 * Bayenghem-lès-Éperlecques
 * Bonningues-lès-Ardres
 * Brêmes
 * Clerques
 * Éperlecques
 * Journy
 * Landrethun-lès-Ardres
 * Louches
 * Mentque-Nortbécourt
 * Muncq-Nieurlet
 * Nielles-lès-Ardres
 * Nordausques
 * Nort-Leulinghem
 * Rebergues
 * Recques-sur-Hem
 * Rodelinghem
 * Tournehem-sur-la-Hem
 * Zouafques