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Agglomeration community of Artois

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The Communauté d'agglomération de l'Artois (Artois Comm.) is an administrative entity in the Pas-de-Calais département, in northern France. Administrative center: Béthune.

It covers 58 communes, and has a population of approximately 200,000. It is the largest such communauté in Pas-de-Calais (but the most populated is the Communaupole of Lens-Liévin).

It is named after Artois, a former province of France. It was created in 2002.