Calais (UK: /ˈkæleɪ/ KAL-ay, US: /kæˈleɪ/ kal-AY, traditionally /ˈkælɪs/ KAL-iss, French: [kalɛ] ) is a French port city in the Pas-de-Calais department...
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The Port of Calais in northern France is the fourth largest port in France and the largest for passenger traffic. It accounts for more than a third of...
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population of 1,465,278 in 2019. The Calais Passage connects to the Port of Calais on the English Channel. The Pas-de-Calais borders the departments of Nord...
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The Burghers of Calais (French: Les Bourgeois de Calais) is a sculpture by Auguste Rodin in twelve original castings and numerous copies. It commemorates...
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Nord-Pas-de-Calais (French pronunciation: [nɔʁ pɑ d(ə) kalɛ] ); Picard: Nord-Pas-Calés); is a former administrative region of France. Since 1 January...
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French port city, derived from Calais in Greek mythology, one of two winged sons of Boreas, god of the North Wind, and Oreithyea. The Calais was identical...
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The siege of Calais (1940) was a battle for the port of Calais during the Battle of France. The siege was fought at the same time as the Battle of Boulogne...
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The Calais Jungle (known officially as Camp de la Lande) was a refugee and immigrant encampment in the vicinity of Calais, France, that existed from January...
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The Port of Boulogne-sur-Mer is a seaport located on the western coast of the Hauts-de-France region, on the edge of the Pas de Calais, the world's busiest...
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Château de Calais was a 13th century castle constructed to defend the port of Calais, France. It was razed to the ground in 1558, after being recaptured...
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in and around Calais, on the northern French coast, since at least the late 1990s seeking to enter the United Kingdom from the French port by crossing the...
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crossings (also known as ports of entry) over the St. Croix River connecting to St. Stephen, New Brunswick, Canada. Calais has been a city of commerce...
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Calais-Ville station (French: Gare de Calais-Ville) is a railway station in the city centre of Calais, France. Gare de Ville opened in 1849, replacing...
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Calais Lighthouse (French: Phare de Calais) is located in Calais in Pas-de-Calais. The Lighthouse is located in the residential streets near the Port...
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Pas-de-Calais department in northern France, bordering Saint-Omer. Arques is situated in the middle of the Hauts-de-France region, 40 km from Calais and...
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the English invested the well-fortified port of Calais, which had a strong garrison under the command of Jean de Vienne. Edward made several unsuccessful...
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Strait of Dover (redirect from Pas de Calais)
English county of Kent, to Cap Gris Nez, a cape near to Calais in the French département of Pas-de-Calais. Between these points lies the most popular route...
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The Citadel of Calais is a fortress that was initially constructed in the 16th century on the ruins of a medieval castle dating from the 13th century and...
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her kingdom's claims to Calais and occupied the French port of Le Havre in order to keep it until France should restore Calais.: 120 French forces ejected...
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Kent's Corner, Maple Corner and Pekin. Colonel Jacob Davis named Calais after the French port city of the same name, during a time of general enthusiasm for...
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a concession contract reuniting the ports of Calais and Boulogne-sur-Mer and comprising the project Calais Port 2015. It is the first French public infrastructure...
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The Nord-Pas-de-Calais cuisine is a French regional cuisine, whose specialties are largely inherited from the county of Flanders. The region has always...
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Vlorë Port of Sarandë Vienna Linz Port of Ghent Port of Liège - an inland port Port of Burgas Port of Varna Port of Split, the largest passenger port in...
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November, before the end of Captain de Gaulle's leave, and married on 7 April 1921 in the church of Notre-Dame de Calais. De Gaulle played on Yvonne's family...
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Edward needed a defensible port where his army could regroup and be resupplied from the sea. The Channel port of Calais suited this purpose. It was also...
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000", AP report in Waukesha (WI) Daily Freeman, April 29, 1966, p1 Port de Calais - Hovercraft Archived April 15, 2014, at the Wayback Machine. Accessed...
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Eugène Chigot (category Peintres de la Marine)
canvas Le Port de Calais (1917) has survived and shows a group of, heroically posed dockers, purposefully repairing the destroyed dock in Calais. At Nieuport...
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MS Al Andalus Express (redirect from MV SeaFrance Nord Pas-de-Calais)
Nord Pas-de-Calais) is a freight ferry owned by Eurotunnel and operated by Naviera Armas. She was built in 1987 by Chantiers du Nord et de la Mediterranee...
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Boulogne-sur-Mer (category Communes of Pas-de-Calais)
department of Pas-de-Calais. Boulogne lies on the Côte d'Opale, a touristic stretch of French coast on the English Channel between Calais and Normandy, and...
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Guînes (redirect from Guînes, Nord-Pas-de-Calais)
Picard: 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...
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