Arrondissement of Saint-Omer


The arrondissement of Saint-Omer is an arrondissement of France in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Hauts-de-France region. It has 89 communes. Its population is 129,608, and its area is.

Composition

The communes of the arrondissement of Saint-Omer, and their INSEE codes, are:
  1. Acquin-Westbécourt
  2. Affringues
  3. Aire-sur-la-Lys
  4. Alquines
  5. Arques
  6. Audincthun
  7. Audrehem
  8. Avroult
  9. Bayenghem-lès-Seninghem
  10. Bayenghem-lès-Éperlecques
  11. Beaumetz-lès-Aire
  12. Bellinghem
  13. Blendecques
  14. Bléquin
  15. Boisdinghem
  16. Bomy
  17. Bonningues-lès-Ardres
  18. Bouvelinghem
  19. Campagne-lès-Wardrecques
  20. Clairmarais
  21. Clerques
  22. Cléty
  23. Coulomby
  24. Coyecques
  25. Delettes
  26. Dennebrœucq
  27. Dohem
  28. Ecques
  29. Elnes
  30. Enquin-lez-Guinegatte
  31. Éperlecques
  32. Erny-Saint-Julien
  33. Escœuilles
  34. Esquerdes
  35. Fauquembergues
  36. Febvin-Palfart
  37. Fléchin
  38. Hallines
  39. Haut-Loquin
  40. Helfaut
  41. Heuringhem
  42. Houlle
  43. Journy
  44. Laires
  45. Ledinghem
  46. Leulinghem
  47. Longuenesse
  48. Lumbres
  49. Mametz
  50. Mentque-Nortbécourt
  51. Merck-Saint-Liévin
  52. Moringhem
  53. Moulle
  54. Nielles-lès-Bléquin
  55. Nordausques
  56. Nort-Leulinghem
  57. Ouve-Wirquin
  58. Pihem
  59. Quelmes
  60. Quercamps
  61. Quiestède
  62. Racquinghem
  63. Rebergues
  64. Reclinghem
  65. Remilly-Wirquin
  66. Renty
  67. Roquetoire
  68. Saint-Augustin
  69. Saint-Martin-d'Hardinghem
  70. Saint-Martin-lez-Tatinghem
  71. Saint-Omer
  72. Salperwick
  73. Seninghem
  74. Serques
  75. Setques
  76. Surques
  77. Thérouanne
  78. Thiembronne
  79. Tilques
  80. Tournehem-sur-la-Hem
  81. Vaudringhem
  82. Wardrecques
  83. Wavrans-sur-l'Aa
  84. Wismes
  85. Wisques
  86. Wittes
  87. Wizernes
  88. Zouafques
  89. Zudausques

    History

The arrondissement of Saint-Omer was created in 1800. At the January 2017 reorganisation of the arrondissements of Pas-de-Calais, it lost 23 communes 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 Saint-Omer were, as of January 2015:
  1. Aire-sur-la-Lys
  2. Ardres
  3. Arques
  4. Audruicq
  5. Fauquembergues
  6. Lumbres
  7. Saint-Omer-Nord
  8. Saint-Omer-Sud