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Canton Of Étaples
The canton of Étaples is a canton situated in the Pas-de-Calais département and in the Hauts-de-France region of France. Geography An area of coastland, small valleys and plateaux, consisting mostly of seaside and farmland, with the town of Étaples in the arrondissement of Montreuil at its centre. Composition At the French canton reorganisation which came into effect in March 2015, the canton was reduced from 19 to 15 communes: * Bréxent-Énocq *Camiers *Cormont *Cucq *Étaples * Frencq *Lefaux * Longvilliers * Maresville *Merlimont * Saint-Aubin *Saint-Josse *Le Touquet-Paris-Plage * Tubersent *Widehem Population See also * Cantons of Pas-de-Calais * Communes of Pas-de-Calais 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] |
Étaples
Étaples or Étaples-sur-Mer (; vls, Stapel, lang; pcd, Étape) is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in northern France. It is a fishing and leisure port on the Canche river. History Étaples takes its name from having been a medieval staple port (''stapal'' in Old Dutch), from which word the Old French word ''Estaples'' derives. As a port it was part of the administrative and economic complex centred on Montreuil after access from the sea to that town was restricted by silting. The site of modern Étaples lies on the ridge of dunes which once lay to seaward of a marsh formed off-shore from the chalk plateau of Artois. From the Canche northwards, the dunes tend to extend inland, all the way to the old chalk cliff. It lay just outside the southern edge of the mediaeval Boulonnais and some eighteen kilometres () south of the geological region of that name. The dunes were established as the sea level rose during the Quaternary and show signs of habitation during the Pala ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lefaux
Lefaux () is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Hauts-de-France region of France. Geography Lefaux is situated 8 miles (16 km) north of Montreuil-sur-Mer on the D148 road. Population Places of interest * The nineteenth century church of Saint-Jean-Baptiste * The semaphore tower at Lefaux, a remnant of the first telegraphic system, created by Claude Chappe in 1793. 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 {{PasdeCalais-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cantons Of Pas-de-Calais
The following is a list of the 39 cantons of the Pas-de-Calais department, in France, following the French canton reorganisation which came into effect in March 2015: * Aire-sur-la-Lys * Arras-1 * Arras-2 * Arras-3 * Auchel * Auxi-le-Château * Avesnes-le-Comte * Avion * Bapaume * Berck * Béthune * Beuvry * Boulogne-sur-Mer-1 * Boulogne-sur-Mer-2 * Brebières * Bruay-la-Buissière * Bully-les-Mines * Calais-1 * Calais-2 * Calais-3 * Carvin * Desvres * Douvrin * Étaples * Fruges * Harnes * Hénin-Beaumont-1 * Hénin-Beaumont-2 * Lens * Liévin * Lillers * Longuenesse * Lumbres * Marck * Nœux-les-Mines * Outreau * Saint-Omer * Saint-Pol-sur-Ternoise * Wingles Wingles () is a commune of the Pas-de-Calais department in the Hauts-de-France region of France. Geography An ex-coalmining area, now a farming and light industrial town, Wingles lies north of Lens, at the junction of the N47, D39 and the D16 ... References {{Cantons of France ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Institut National De La Statistique Et Des études économiques
The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies (french: link=no, Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques), abbreviated INSEE or Insee ( , ), is the national statistics bureau of France. It collects and publishes information about the French economy and people and carries out the periodic national census. Headquartered in Montrouge, a commune in the southern Parisian suburbs, it is the French branch of Eurostat. The INSEE was created in 1946 as a successor to the Vichy regime's National Statistics Service (SNS). It works in close cooperation with the Institut national d'études démographiques (INED). Purpose The INSEE is responsible for the production and analysis of official statistics in France. Its best known responsibilities include: * Organising and publishing the national census. * Producing various indices – which are widely recognised as being of excellent quality – including an inflation index used for determining the rates o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Widehem
Widehem is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Hauts-de-France region of France. Geography Widehem is located north of Montreuil-sur-Mer, on the D148E5 road, from the coast. History Known and recorded as "Wodingahem" in 877, after a Germanic chief of the region who opposed Charlemagne. Population Places of interest The neogothic church of St.Wulmer, dates from the sixteenth century. Widehem is the site of a pioneering 6-turbine wind farm A wind farm or wind park, also called a wind power station or wind power plant, is a group of wind turbines in the same location used to produce electricity. Wind farms vary in size from a small number of turbines to several hundred wind turb ..., that opened in 1999. 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] |
Tubersent
Tubersent () is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Hauts-de-France region of France. History First mentioned in the 9th century as "Thorbodessem" (or "Thornbodeshem" in 877), the place later (1097) was called "Turbodessem". Places of interest * The church of St. Etienne, dating from the sixteenth century * Site of a battle between Ligueurs and royalists in 1591. * Motte of an old castle. * A farm dating from the eighteenth century (1735). * A water mill. Geography Tubersent is located 5 miles (8 km) northeast of Montreuil-sur-Mer Montreuil (; also nl, Monsterole), also known as Montreuil-sur-Mer (; pcd, Montreu-su-Mér or , literally ''Montreuil on Sea''), is a sub-prefecture in the Pas-de-Calais department, northern France. It is located on the Canche river, not far fr ... on the D145 road. Population 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] |
Le Touquet-Paris-Plage
Le Touquet-Paris-Plage (; pcd, Ech Toutchet-Paris-Plache; vls, 't Oekske, older nl, Het Hoekske), commonly referred to as Le Touquet (), is a commune near Étaples, in the Pas-de-Calais department, northern France. It has a population of 4,227 (2019), but welcomes up to 250,000 people during the summer. Located on the Opal Coast, south of Boulogne-sur-Mer, on the shoreline of the English Channel, the seaside resort has been nicknamed the "Garden of the English Channel" (french: Jardin de la Manche), the "Pearl of the Opal Coast" (french: Perle de la Côte d'Opale), the "Sports Paradise" (french: Paradis des sports) or the "Four Seasons Resort" (french: Station des quatre saisons). The city bears the scars of wounds inflicted during World War II by the construction of the Atlantic Wall, the planting of mines prior to the German withdrawal and intensive Allied bombings. Nevertheless, part of the architectural heritage of Le Touquet was left intact. A number of unique villas ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Saint-Josse
Saint-Josse (), or Saint-Josse-sur-Mer (literally ''Saint-Josse on Sea''), is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Hauts-de-France region of France. Geography Saint-Josse is located 4 miles (6 km) west of Montreuil-sur-Mer on the D144 road. Before the 8th century, the sea came right up to the village, but it is nowadays 4 miles (6 km) to the west. Population History In a place called Sidraga or Schaderias, Josse, a 7th-century Breton prince, the son of King Juthaêl, arrived in northern France and sought the protection of Haymon, Count of Ponthieu, to live as a hermit and renounce the crown of Brittany. A small monastery was built in the 8th century at the place where Josse died. In 903, some monks, fleeing the Norman invasion took refuge in England. On their return, the abbey became a centre of pilgrimage, especially popular with the Germans in the 14th and 15th centuries. The abbey was closed in 1772, sold and then destroyed in 1789, leaving no traces ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Saint-Aubin, Pas-de-Calais
Saint-Aubin () is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Hauts-de-France region of France. It won silver prize in the Entente Florale in 2000. Geography Saint-Aubin is located 5 miles (8 km) west of Montreuil-sur-Mer on the D144E1 road. Population Places of interest * The church of St. Aubin, dating from the seventeenth century * An eighteenth-century dovecote 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):Saintaubin {{PasdeCalais-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Merlimont
Merlimont () is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Hauts-de-France region of France. Geography Merlimont lies on the coast of France, facing northwards to the English Channel. Long, wide sandy beaches and huge sand-dunes are the most obvious features. Population Places of interest *Bagatelle, a theme park, was opened in 1955. 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):Merlimont’s own website [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Maresville
Maresville () is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Hauts-de-France region of France. Geography Maresville is situated 4 miles (6 km) north of Montreuil-sur-Mer, on the D146 road. Near to Longvilliers and not far from the coastal town of Le Touquet, it is home to 102 people (2017). Places of interest The town has no shops, though is home to a small farm with a produce shop and the beautiful fifteenth century church of St. Maur. There is a small hotel A hotel is an establishment that provides paid lodging on a short-term basis. Facilities provided inside a hotel room may range from a modest-quality mattress in a small room to large suites with bigger, higher-quality beds, a dresser, a re ... that has a great reputation and a restaurant that draws people from miles around. Population 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] |
Longvilliers, Pas-de-Calais
Longvilliers (; until 1997 ''Longvillers'') is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Hauts-de-France region of France. Geography Longvilliers is situated 5 miles (9 km) north of Montreuil-sur-Mer on the D146 road and in the Dordonne river valley. With a population of little over 250, it retains the character and atmosphere of the French countryside. There are no shops, but it is near enough to Frencq (5 km), Montreuil-sur-Mer (9 km) and Étaples Étaples or Étaples-sur-Mer (; vls, Stapel, lang; pcd, Étape) is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in northern France. It is a fishing and leisure port on the Canche river. History Étaples takes its name from having been a medieval ... (10 km). The area around offers views and walks in the countryside. Population Places of interest * The fifteenth-century church. * Ruins of the 16th-century château. * Vestiges of a cistercian abbey from the twelfth century. * Remains of the manor o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
