Calais
Calais | |||
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Commune an toun | |||
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Coordinates: 50°56′53″N 1°51′23″E / 50.94806°N 1.85639°E | |||
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Region | Nord-Pas de Calais | ||
Department | Pas-de-Calais | ||
Arrondissement | Calais | ||
Intercommunality | Communauté d'agglomération du Calaisis | ||
Govrenment | |||
• Mayor | [atacha Bouchart (UMP) | ||
Area | |||
• Total | 33.5 km2 (12.9 sq mi) | ||
Population (2008) | |||
• Tot | 74,817 | ||
Demonym(s) | Calaisiens | ||
Time zone | CET (UTC+01) | ||
• Summer (DST) | CEST (UTC+02) | ||
Wabsteid | Website | ||
INSEE |
Calais (French pronunciation: [ka'lɛ]; in English usually /ˈkæleɪ/ CAL-ay, traditionally /ˈkælɨs/; Dutch: Kales) is a toun an major ferry port in Northren Fraunce in the depairtment o Pas-de-Calais, o which it is a sub-prefectur. Although Calais is bi far the lairgest ceety in Pas-de-Calais, the depairtment's caipital is its third-lairgest ceety o Arras. The population o the metropolitan aurie at the 1999 census wis 125,584. Calais owerleuks the Strait o Dover, the narroaest point in the Inglis Channel, which is anerlie 34 km (21 mi) wide here, an is the closest French toun tae Ingland. The White Cliffs o Dover can easily be seen on a clear day frae Calais. Calais is a major port for ferries atween Fraunce an Ingland, an since 1994 the Channel Tunnel haes linkit tae nearbu Coquelles frae Folkestone bi rail.
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Internaitional relations[eedit | eedit soorce]
Twin touns – Sister ceeties[eedit | eedit soorce]
Calais is twinned wi:
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(help) - ↑ "Twin cities of Riga". Riga City Council. Retrieved 27 July 2009.
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Wikimedia Commons haes media relatit tae Calais. |
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Wikisource haes the text o the 1911 Encyclopædia Britannica airticle Calais (France). |
- Offeecial wabsteid (in French)
- Agglomération (in French)
- Info about the port and city (in French)
- Info about the port and city (in Inglis)
- Port of Calais