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Arrondissement Of Calais
The Arrondissement of Calais is an arrondissement of France in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Hauts-de-France region. It has 52 communes. Its population is 158,492 (2016), and its area is . Composition The communes of the arrondissement of Calais, and their INSEE codes, are: # Alembon (62020) # Andres (62031) # Ardres (62038) # Les Attaques (62043) # Audruicq (62057) # Autingues (62059) # Bainghen (62076) # Balinghem (62078) # Bonningues-lès-Calais (62156) # Bouquehault (62161) # Boursin (62167) # Brêmes (62174) # Caffiers (62191) # Calais (62193) # Campagne-lès-Guines (62203) # Coquelles (62239) # Coulogne (62244) # Escalles (62307) # Fiennes (62334) # Fréthun (62360) # Guemps (62393) # Guînes (62397) # Hames-Boucres (62408) # Hardinghen (62412) # Herbinghen (62432) # Hermelinghen (62439) # Hocquinghen (62455) # Landrethun-lès-Ardres (62488) # Licques (62506) # Louches (62531) # Marck (62548) # Muncq-Nieurlet (62598) # Nielles-lès-Ardres (62 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Calais
Calais ( , , traditionally , ) is a port city in the Pas-de-Calais department, of which it is a subprefecture. Although Calais is by far the largest city in Pas-de-Calais, the department's prefecture is its third-largest city of Arras. The population of the city proper is 72,929; that of the urban area is 149,673 (2018).Comparateur de territoire: Aire d'attraction des villes 2020 de Calais (073), Commune de Calais (62193) INSEE Calais overlooks the Strait of Dover, the narrowest point in the |
Bonningues-lès-Calais
Bonningues-lès-Calais (, literally ''Bonningues near Calais''; vls, Boninge, lang) is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Hauts-de-France region in northern France. Geography A farming village located 5 miles (10 km) southwest of Calais, on the D243 road near to junction 39 of the A16 autoroute. Population Sights * The church of St. Pierre, dating from the twelfth century. See also *Communes of the Pas-de-Calais department The following is a list of the 890 communes of the Pas-de-Calais department of France. The communes cooperate in the following intercommunalities (as of 2020):Communes of Pas-de-Calais Pale ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hames-Boucres
Hames-Boucres () is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Hauts-de-France region of France. Geography A village located 6 miles (9 km) southwest of Calais, at the junction of the D215 and D231E2. History The commune was created from the two former parishes of Hames and Boucres in 1819. The two parish churches were located almost opposite each other and separated only by a street. The church of Hames was demolished during the Revolution. The English seized the castle in the 14th century, but it was retaken by Francis, Duke of Guise, who successfully claimed all of the Calais Pale for France in 1558. Population Places of interest * The church of St.Martin, dating from the eighteenth century. * A double feudal motte A motte-and-bailey castle is a European fortification with a wooden or stone keep situated on a raised area of ground called a motte, accompanied by a walled courtyard, or bailey, surrounded by a protective ditch and palisade. Relatively easy ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Guînes
Guînes (; vls, Giezene, lang; pcd, Guinne) is a commune in the northern French department of Pas-de-Calais. Historically it was spelt ''Guisnes''. On 7 January 1785, Jean-Pierre Blanchard, a French pioneer in hydrogen-balloon flight, completed the first crossing of the English Channel, landing in the woods south of Guînes where a memorial column stands today. Geography Guînes is located on the border of the two territories of the Boulonnais and Calaisis, at the edge of the now-drained marshes, which extend from there to the coast. The Guînes canal connects with Calais. History Historically, Guînes was the capital of a small county of the same name. After the Romans left, in the 5th century, there is little known about the town. In the Dark Ages, according to legend, the territory of Guînes became the property of one Aigneric, Mayor of the Palace of the Burgundian king Théodebert II. In 928, when the Danes invaded and seized the place, it was probably a defencele ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Guemps
Guemps (; vls, Ganep, lang) is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Hauts-de-France region of France. Geography A farming village situated 5 miles (8 km) southeast of Calais, at the D229 and D32 crossroads. Population Places of interest * The church of St.John the Baptist, dating from the fifteenth century. * The windmill A windmill is a structure that converts wind power into rotational energy using vanes called sails or blades, specifically to mill grain (gristmills), but the term is also extended to windpumps, wind turbines, and other applications, in some ...s, used to pump water from the marshland. See also * Communes of the Pas-de-Calais department References Communes of Pas-de-Calais Pale of Calais {{PasdeCalais-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fréthun
Fréthun (; vls, Fraaituin, lang) is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Hauts-de-France region of France. Geography A village located 3 miles (5 km) southwest of Calais, at the junction of the D215 and D246 roads. It is home to the Calais-Fréthun railway station and the Eurotunnel Getlink, formerly Groupe Eurotunnel, is a European public company based in Paris that manages and operates the infrastructure of the Channel Tunnel between England and France, operates the Eurotunnel Shuttle train service, and earns revenue o ... terminal, linking France with England. Population The inhabitants are called ''Fréthunois''. Places of interest * The church of St. Michel, dating from the nineteenth century. See also * Communes of the Pas-de-Calais department References Communes of Pas-de-Calais Pale of Calais {{PasdeCalais-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fiennes, Pas-de-Calais
Fiennes () is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Hauts-de-France region of France France (), officially the French Republic ( ), is a country primarily located in Western Europe. It also comprises of overseas regions and territories in the Americas and the Atlantic, Pacific and Indian Oceans. Its metropolitan area .... Geography A farming village located south of Calais, at the junction of the D250, D232 and D151 roads. Population Places of interest * The church of St. Martin, dating from the fifteenth century. * The ruins of a castle, originally destroyed in 1320, rebuilt and destroyed again in 1543 See also * Communes of the Pas-de-Calais department References Communes of Pas-de-Calais {{PasdeCalais-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Escalles
Escalles () is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Hauts-de-France region of France. Geography A small village located west of Calais, at the junction of the D243 and D940 roads and at the foot of Mont d'Hubert (). Population Places of interest * The Dover Patrol Monument is at the summit of Cap Blanc-Nez, dedicated to the British and French sailors of World War I. * The church of St. Maxime, dating from the sixteenth century. * The Musée Transmanche. See also *Communes of the Pas-de-Calais department The following is a list of the 890 communes of the Pas-de-Calais department of France. The communes cooperate in the following intercommunalities (as of 2020): [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Coulogne
Coulogne () is a commune A commune is an alternative term for an intentional community. Commune or comună or comune or other derivations may also refer to: Administrative-territorial entities * Commune (administrative division), a municipality or township ** Communes of ... in the Pas-de-Calais department, region of Hauts-de-France, France. Geography A large village of light industry and farming located just 2 miles (3 km) south of Calais city centre, on the D247 road. Population Places of interest * The church of St.Jacques, dating from the nineteenth century. * The ruins of an ancient château, destroyed in 1560. * An eighteenth century sluice-gate. See also * Communes of the Pas-de-Calais department References Communes of Pas-de-Calais Pale of Calais {{PasdeCalais-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Coquelles
Coquelles (; vls, Kalkwelle, lang) is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department near Calais in northern France. The town comprises a shopping centre, hotels and farm in Vieille Coquelles (old Coquelles), part of the L'Européenne autoroute (A16) and the Channel Tunnel terminal. The Eurotunnel Calais Terminal is located in Coquelles off the A16, exit 42. This is the terminus of shuttle services from the UK, as well as the terminus of the LGV Nord, whereby Eurostar services can travel into the Channel Tunnel. Population See also *Communes of the Pas-de-Calais department The following is a list of the 890 communes of the Pas-de-Calais department of France. The communes cooperate in the following intercommunalities (as of 2020):France–UK border Reference ...
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Campagne-lès-Guines
Campagne-lès-Guines (, literally ''Campagne near Guines'') is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Nord-Pas de Calais region of France. Geography A farming village located 10 miles (16 km) south of Calais, on the D248 and D215 road junction. History The meeting between Francis I and Henry VIII took place here at Campagne-lès-Guînes in 1546 to conclude the peace treaty of Ardres Ardres (; vls, Aarden, lang; pcd, Arde) is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in northern France. Geography Ardres is located 10.1 mi by rail (station is at Pont-d'Ardres, a few km from Ardres) S.S.E. of Calais, with which it is a ..., which saw Boulogne returned to the French crown, for a sizeable sum of money. Population Places of interest * The church of St.Martin, dating from the nineteenth century. * The nineteenth-century château.. See also * Communes of the Pas-de-Calais department References Campagnelesguines Pale of Calais {{Pasde ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Caffiers
Caffiers () is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Hauts-de-France region of France France (), officially the French Republic ( ), is a country primarily located in Western Europe. It also comprises of overseas regions and territories in the Americas and the Atlantic, Pacific and Indian Oceans. Its metropolitan area .... Geography A farming village located 10 miles (16 km) south of Calais, on the D250 road. Caffiers station is situated on the Boulogne-Calais railway. Population Places of interest * The church of St. Eloi, dating from the nineteenth century. See also * Communes of the Pas-de-Calais department References Communes of Pas-de-Calais {{PasdeCalais-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
