Arrondissement of Boulogne-sur-Mer


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 159,748, and its area is.

Composition

The communes of the arrondissement of Boulogne-sur-Mer, and their INSEE codes, are:
  1. Alincthun
  2. Ambleteuse
  3. Audembert
  4. Audinghen
  5. Audresselles
  6. Baincthun
  7. Bazinghen
  8. Bellebrune
  9. Belle-et-Houllefort
  10. Beuvrequen
  11. Boulogne-sur-Mer
  12. Bournonville
  13. Brunembert
  14. Carly
  15. Colembert
  16. Condette
  17. Conteville-lès-Boulogne
  18. Courset
  19. Crémarest
  20. Dannes
  21. Desvres
  22. Doudeauville
  23. Echinghen
  24. Équihen-Plage
  25. Ferques
  26. Halinghen
  27. Henneveux
  28. Hervelinghen
  29. Hesdigneul-lès-Boulogne
  30. Hesdin-l'Abbé
  31. Isques
  32. La Capelle-lès-Boulogne
  33. Lacres
  34. Landrethun-le-Nord
  35. Le Portel
  36. Le Wast
  37. Leubringhen
  38. Leulinghen-Bernes
  39. Longfossé
  40. Longueville
  41. Lottinghen
  42. Maninghen-Henne
  43. Marquise
  44. Menneville
  45. Nabringhen
  46. Nesles
  47. Neufchâtel-Hardelot
  48. Offrethun
  49. Outreau
  50. Pernes-lès-Boulogne
  51. Pittefaux
  52. Quesques
  53. Questrecques
  54. Rety
  55. Rinxent
  56. Saint-Étienne-au-Mont
  57. Saint-Inglevert
  58. Saint-Léonard
  59. Saint-Martin-Boulogne
  60. Saint-Martin-Choquel
  61. Samer
  62. Selles
  63. Senlecques
  64. Tardinghen
  65. Tingry
  66. Verlincthun
  67. Vieil-Moutier
  68. Wacquinghen
  69. Wierre-au-Bois
  70. Wierre-Effroy
  71. Wimereux
  72. Wimille
  73. Wirwignes
  74. Wissant

    History

The arrondissement of Boulogne-sur-Mer was created in 1800. The arrondissement of Calais was created in 1962 from part of the arrondissement of Boulogne-sur-Mer. At the January 2017 reorganisation of the arrondissements of Pas-de-Calais, it lost one commune to the arrondissement of Calais.
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:
  1. Boulogne-sur-Mer-Nord-Est
  2. Boulogne-sur-Mer-Nord-Ouest
  3. Boulogne-sur-Mer-Sud
  4. Desvres
  5. Marquise
  6. Outreau
  7. Le Portel
  8. Samer

    Sub-prefects