Cantin

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Coordinates: 50°19′N 3°07′E / 50.31, 3.12

Commune of Cantin
Location
Administration
Country	France
Region	Nord-Pas-de-Calais
Department	Nord
Arrondissement	Douai
Canton	Arleux
Intercommunality	Communauté d'agglomération du Douaisis
Mayor	Christian Courtecuisse (2001 2008)
Statistics
Elevation	37 m–76 m (avg. 58 m)
Land area¹	9,32 km²
Population² (1999)	1328
- Density	142/km²
Miscellaneous
INSEE/Postal code	59126/ 59169
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.
2 Population sans doubles comptes: residents of multiple communes (e.g. students and military personnel) only counted once.

Cantin is a town and commune in the Nord département of northern France. It is 8 km south-east of the centre of Douai.

[edit] See also

• Communes of the Nord department