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Grand Calais Terres Et Mers
Grand Calais Terres et Mers (before 2017: ''Communauté d'agglomération du Calaisis'') is an agglomeration community created on 28 December 2000 and located in the Pas-de-Calais ''département'', in northern France. It was expanded with four communes from the Communauté de communes des Pays d'Opale on 1 December 2019. Its area is 184.1 km2. Its population was 104,367 in 2018, of which 72,929 in Calais proper.Comparateur de territoire INSEE, accessed 5 April 2022. It comprises the following 14 communes:CA Grand Calais Terres et Mers (N° SIREN : 200090751)< ... [...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 |
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] |
Saint-Tricat
Saint-Tricat (; vls, Sintergaas, lang) 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 Saint-Tricat is located 5 miles (8 km) southwest of Calais, at the junction of the D215 and D246 roads. Population Places of interest * The church of St. Nicaise dating from the twelfth century. See also * Communes of the Pas-de-Calais department References Sainttricat Pale of Calais {{PasdeCalais-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pihen-lès-Guînes
Pihen-lès-Guînes ( vls, Pittem, lang) is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Hauts-de-France region of France. Geography Pihen-lès-Guînes is located 7 miles (11 km) southwest of Calais, at the junction of the D243 and D244 roads. Pihen station has rail connections to Calais and Boulogne-sur-Mer. History The name of Pihen appeared for the first time in the founding charter of the abbey of Andres in 1084, in the form of ''Pithem'', from the Germanic ''pit'' (wells ) + ''Heim'' (home, village), which became Pihen in the Calaisis and Boulonnais dialect, but -hem elsewhere. Pihem (near to Wizernes) is almost the same as Pihen, which led to so many errors with the mail that the commune decided to add ‘lès-Guînes’ to its name in 1923. There is no doubt that the village is very old. Tombs have been discovered dating back to the medieval period, including shaped sarcophagi and skeletons buried directly in the chalk. Ancient thick, handmade tiles are repeated ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Peuplingues
Peuplingues (; vls, Peuplingen, lang) 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 Peuplingues is located 5 miles (8 km) southwest of Calais, at the junction of the D243 and D243E roads, about a mile from the A16 autoroute. The French portal of the Channel Tunnel is physically located in Peuplingues. Population Places of interest * The church of Notre-Dame dating from the seventeenth 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] |
Nielles-lès-Calais
Nielles-lès-Calais (, literally ''Nielles near Calais'') 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 Nielles-lès-Calais is located 4 miles (6 km) south of Calais, at the junction of the D304 and D245E roads. Population Places of interest * The church of St. Marguerite, dating from the nineteenth century. See also * Communes of the Pas-de-Calais department References Nielleslescalais Pale of Calais {{PasdeCalais-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marck, Pas-de-Calais
Marck (; ) is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Hauts-de-France region of France. Geography Marck is a farming and light industrial town located 6 km east of Calais, at the junction of the D940 and D248 roads. The A26 autoroute (‘autoroute des Anglais’) passes through the commune and the Louis Blériot airport is in the middle of the commune. The small villages of Les Hemmes-de-Marck and Fort-Vert, both on the D191 road, are included in the population. Calais–Dunkerque Airport is situated in the commune. Politics Pierre-Henri Dumont served as the Mayor from 2014 to 2017. Demographic evolution The commune has three elementary schools and one middle school. Main sights * The church of St. Martin, dating from the twentieth century, is an official historical monument since January 17, 2002. The original church, dated from the 15th century, was destroyed with explosives in 1944 during World War II. * There is a headstone placed in memory of those ... [...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] |
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] |
Agglomeration Communities In France
An agglomeration community (french: communauté d'agglomération) is a government structure in France, created by the Chevènement Law of 1999. It is one of four forms of intercommunality, less integrated than a métropole or a communauté urbaine but more integrated than a communauté de communes. Agglomeration communities consist of a commune of at least 15,000 inhabitants (or a prefecture with less than 15,000 inhabitants) and its independent suburbs. As of March 2020, there are 222 agglomeration communities in France (207 in metropolitan France and 15 in the overseas departments).BANATIC France, Liste des groupements. Accessed 2020-03-19. The population (as of 2017) of the agglomeration communities ranges from 355,650 inhabitants ( [...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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