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Canton Of Calais-2
The canton of Calais-2 is an administrative division of the Pas-de-Calais department, in northern France. It was created at the French canton reorganisation which came into effect in March 2015. Its seat is in Calais. It consists of the following communes: #Alembon # Andres #Ardres #Les Attaques # Autingues # Bainghen #Balinghem # Bouquehault # Boursin # Brêmes #Caffiers #Calais (partly) #Campagne-lès-Guines #Coulogne #Fiennes #Guînes #Hardinghen #Herbinghen #Hermelinghen #Hocquinghen #Landrethun-lès-Ardres #Licques #Louches #Nielles-lès-Ardres #Rodelinghem #Sanghen Sanghen () 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 region ... References {{DEFAULTSORT:Calais-2 Cantons of Pas-de-Calais ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cantons Of France
The cantons of France are territorial subdivisions of the France, French Republic's Departments of France, departments and Arrondissements of France, arrondissements. Apart from their role as organizational units in relation to certain aspects of the administration of public services and justice, the chief purpose of the cantons today is to serve as Constituency, constituencies for the election of members of the representative assemblies established in each of France's territorial departments (Departmental council (France), departmental councils, formerly general councils). For this reason, such elections were known in France as "cantonal elections", until 2015 when their name was changed to "departmental elections" to match the departmental councils' name. As of 2015, there were 2,054 cantons in France. Most of them group together a number of Communes of France, communes (the lowest administrative division of the French Republic), although larger communes may be included in mo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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] |
Rodelinghem
Rodelinghem () 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 Rodelinghem lies about 8 miles (13 km) south of Calais, on the D228 road. Population Places of interest * The church of St.Michel, dating from the seventeenth 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] |
Nielles-lès-Ardres
Nielles-lès-Ardres (, literally ''Nielles near Ardres''; nl, Niel-bij-Aarde) is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Hauts-de-France region of France. Geography Nielles-lès-Ardres lies about 14 miles (22 km) northwest of Saint-Omer Saint-Omer (; vls, Sint-Omaars) is a commune and sub-prefecture of the Pas-de-Calais department in France. It is west-northwest of Lille on the railway to Calais, and is located in the Artois province. The town is named after Saint Audoma ..., on the D225E road. Population Places of interest * The church of St. Pierre, dating from the year 1200. * Ruins of the château de la Montoire, destroyed by the duc de Vendôme in 1542. * Château de la Cressonnerie, built between 1808/1812. * The seventeenth century ‘Le Colombier’, an enormous round tower. See also * Communes of the Pas-de-Calais department References Nielleslesardres {{PasdeCalais-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Louches
Louches () 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 village some 12 miles (19 km) southeast of Calais, on the D225 road. Population Places of interest * The church of St.Omer, dating from the seventeenth 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] |
Licques
Licques () is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Hauts-de-France region of France. Geography A farming village located 24 km south of Calais in the valley of the Hem, at the junction of the D191 and D215 roads. It is a large producer of turkeys and other fowl Fowl are birds belonging to one of two biological orders, namely the gamefowl or landfowl (Galliformes) and the waterfowl (Anseriformes). Anatomical and molecular similarities suggest these two groups are close evolutionary relatives; together .... Population Places of interest * The eighteenth-century château de Cahen. * The ruins of the château of Courtebourne. * Vestiges of the 11th century Premonstrate abbey, nowadays the parish church. Turkey festival Licques holds an annual turkey festival, which features a parade of local notables in traditional robes and costumes herding turkeys through the town center, led by the Noble Dames and Knights of the Brotherhood of the Turkey. In the pas ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Landrethun-lès-Ardres
Landrethun-lès-Ardres (, literally ''Landrethun near Ardres'') is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Hauts-de-France region of France. Geography A village situated 14 miles (23 km) northwest of Saint-Omer Saint-Omer (; vls, Sint-Omaars) is a commune and sub-prefecture of the Pas-de-Calais department in France. It is west-northwest of Lille on the railway to Calais, and is located in the Artois province. The town is named after Saint Audoma ..., on the D227 road. Population Places of interest * The church of St. Martin, dating from the nineteenth century. See also * Communes of the Pas-de-Calais department References External links Official Regional Tourist Office website Landrethunlesardres {{PasdeCalais-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hocquinghen
Hocquinghen (; nl, Hokkingem) 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 very small farming village located 13 miles (19 km) south of Calais, on the D215 and D206E crossroads. Population Places of interest * The church of St. Omer, dating from the sixteenth century. * The nineteenth-century chateau. * An eighteenth-century presbytery. See also * Communes of the Pas-de-Calais department References Communes of Pas-de-Calais Artois {{PasdeCalais-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hermelinghen
Hermelinghen () is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Hauts-de-France region of France. Geography A small farming village located 13 miles (19 km) south of Calais, on the D191 road. It is the source of the river Slack. Population Places of interest * The church of St. Agathe, dating from the eighteenth century. * The ruins of an ancient castle. 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):Statistical data INSEE [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Herbinghen
Herbinghen (; nl, Herbingen) 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 small farming village located 13 miles (19 km) south of Calais, at the junction of the D224 and D191 roads. Population Places of interest * The church of St. Riquier, rebuilt in the 19th century. See also * Communes of the Pas-de-Calais department References External links Statistical data INSEE Communes of Pas-de-Calais Artois {{PasdeCalais-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hardinghen
Hardinghen () 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 12 miles (18 km) south of Calais, at the junction of the D127 and D191 roads. Population Places of interest * The church of St. Marguerite, rebuilt in the 19th century. * A château dating from the eighteenth century. * The eighteenth-century château de la Trésorerie, destroyed in 2006. * Hardinghen also has an annual fête. References Communes of Pas-de-Calais {{Arras-geo-stub ... [...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] |
