The Communauté d'agglomération de l'Artois (Artois Comm.) is a former administrative entity in the Pas-de-Calais département, in northern France. Administrative center: Béthune. It covered 59 communes, and had a population of approximately 210,000. It was the largest such communauté in Pas-de-Calais (but the most populated was the Communaupole of Lens-Liévin). It is named after Artois, a former province of France. It was established in January 2002. It merged with the Communauté de communes de Nœux et environs in 2014, and was renamed Communauté d'agglomération de Béthune Bruay Nœux et environs. This was merged into the new Communauté d'agglomération de Béthune-Bruay, Artois-Lys Romane in 2017. Communes The 59 communes as of 2013: Annequin Annezin Auchel Auchy-les-Mines Bajus Barlin Béthune Beugin Beuvry Billy-Berclau Bruay-la-Buissière Calonne-Ricouart Camblain-Châtelain Cambrin Cauchy-à-la-Tour Caucourt Chocques La Comté La Couture Cuinchy Diéval Divion Douvrin Essars Estrée-Cauchy Festubert Fresnicourt-le-Dolmen Gauchin-Légal Givenchy-lès-la-Bassée Gosnay Haillicourt Haisnes Hermin Hersin-Coupigny Hesdigneul-lès-Béthune Hinges Houchin Houdain Labeuvrière Lapugnoy Locon Lorgies Lozinghem Maisnil-lès-Ruitz Marles-les-Mines Neuve-Chapelle Noyelles-lès-Vermelles Oblinghem Ourton Rebreuve-Ranchicourt Richebourg Ruitz Sailly-Labourse Vendin-lès-Béthune Vermelles Verquigneul Verquin Vieille-Chapelle Violaines References External links Communauté d'agglomération de l'Artois website (in French) Geography of the Pas-de-Calais Artois