The invention relates to a housing (100) for a contact device (450) which can be fitted to a cable (480), having a first housing portion (101) for receiving the contact device (450) and a second housing portion (201) which can be arranged on the first housing portion (101). The first housing portion (101) has an inlet portion (150) for the cable (480) having a cable seal (350). The inlet portion (150) of the first housing portion (101) has a recess (160) which exposes an outer part-region of the cable seal (350). The second housing portion (201) can be arranged on the first housing portion (101) in such a manner that the second housing portion (201) can be pressed onto the outer part-region of the cable seal (350) via the recess (160) of the inlet portion (150) of the first housing portion (101). The invention further relates to an arrangement comprising a housing (100), a contact device (450) and a cable (480).
