Editing Arras (section)

== Population and society ==

{{Historical populations
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| source = EHESS<ref name=ehess>{{Cassini-Ehess|1348|Arras}}</ref> and INSEE (1968-2017)<ref name=pophist>[https://www.insee.fr/fr/statistiques/4515315?geo=COM-62041#ancre-POP_T1 Population en historique depuis 1968], INSEE</ref>
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|1793 |21019
|1800 |19958
|1806 |19286
|1821 |19798
|1831 |23419
|1836 |23485
|1841 |24439
|1846 |26956
|1851 |25271
|1856 |26216
|1861 |25905
|1866 |25749
|1872 |27329
|1876 |26764
|1881 |27041
|1886 |26914
|1891 |25701
|1896 |26144
|1901 |25813
|1906 |24921
|1911 |26080
|1921 |24835
|1926 |29718
|1931 |29490
|1936 |31488
|1946 |33345
|1954 |36242
|1962 |41761
|1968 |49144
|1975 |46483
|1982 |41736
|1990 |38983
|1999 |40590
|2007 |42672
|2012 |41239
|2017 |41019
}}

[[File:Pas de Calais.png|left|thumb|Communes with more than 10,000 inhabitants in the Pas-de-Calais department]]

[[File:Arras-prefecture.jpg|left|thumb|The Arras Prefecture]]

===Demographics===
{{As of|2019}}, the population of Arras is 41,694 for a density of 3,585 people per square kilometre. The residents go by the name of ''Arrageois'' (male) and ''Arrageoise'' (female). The population is rather young as the highest number of residents is 15-29 of age. The most recent male to female ratio is 100:109, and the female to male ratio is 100:92 (2019). There are 19,947 males (48%) for 21,747 females (52%). The Arras [[functional area (France)|functional area]] has a population of 158,499.<ref name="cartesfrance">{{cite web|url=https://www.insee.fr/fr/statistiques/1405599?geo=COM-62041+AAV2020-069|title=Comparateur de territoires, Commune d'Arras (62041)|publisher=INSEE|access-date=17 November 2022}}</ref>

=== Religion ===
Arras's Basilique-Cathédrale Notre-Dame et Saint-Vaast is the [[cathedral]], a [[minor basilica]], episcopal see of the [[Roman Catholic Diocese of Arras]].

===Education===
Arras is part of the ''académie de Lille'' (Lille's School District). There are 11 ''écoles maternelles'' (nursery schools), 11 ''écoles primaires'' (elementary schools), 8 ''collèges'' ([[junior high school]]s), and 7 ''lycées'' (high schools) within the city.
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