A skilled labor

 

870 000 inhabitants 
350 000 employments
395 towns 

18 % of the regional population and 60 % of the population of Pas-de-Calais 

Sure of its assets, the Artois attempts to make of her potential "youth" a powerful strength of industrial development. 

If Artois was a department, it)would be situated in the 25th national rank, in front of the Oise and behind Finistère

- Arras: prefecture of Pas-de-Calais, seat of the administration of the 5th French department 
- Bethune: 3rd town of the department, the district more populated than 23 French departments 
- Lens: 1st town of Pas-de-Calais, one of the strongest densities of Europe with 1 200 inhabitants / km ²
 

A skilled labor