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The Pas-de-Calais ( French: [pɑ d (ə) kalɛ] ⓘ, " strait of Calais "; Picard: Pas-Calés; also Dutch: Nauw van Kales) is a department in northern France named after the French designation of the Strait of Dover, which it borders. It has the most communes of all the departments of France, with 890, and is the 8th most populous.
Culture of Nord-Pas-de-Calais. The culture of Nord-Pas-de-Calais is a component of French culture where multiple influences intertwine. The region has always been a crossroads of Europe, experiencing a great mix of population due to the various wars it has endured and the immigration it has attracted.
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 2016, it has been part of the new region Hauts-de-France. [2] It consisted of the departments of Nord and Pas-de-Calais. Nord-Pas-de-Calais borders the English Channel (west), the ...
The Nord-Pas-de-Calais Mining Basin is the western part of a coal-rich basin that continues across the Belgian border. In France, the basin covers 1,200 square kilometers, including the cities of Béthune, Lens, Douai, and Valenciennes. [2] Because of its long history of mining as the predominant industry, the region's architecture and ...
Communes of the Pas-de-Calais department. The following is a list of the 890 communes of the Pas-de-Calais department of France. It is the department in France with the most communes rather than any departments, and covers 91 per cent of its land area of the department. The communes cooperate in the following intercommunalities (as of 2020): [1]
UTC+02:00 ( CEST) INSEE /Postal code. 62337 /62270. Elevation. 78–143 m (256–469 ft) (avg. 128 m or 420 ft) 1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km 2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. Flers ( French pronunciation: [flɛʁ]) is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Hauts-de-France ...
Barlin, Pas-de-Calais. / 50.4558°N 2.6194°E / 50.4558; 2.6194. 1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km 2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. Barlin ( French pronunciation: [baʁlɛ̃]) is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Hauts-de-France region in northern France.
1⁄8 in) Location. Calais, France. Coordinates. 50°57′8.5″N 1°51′12″E. / 50.952361°N 1.85333°E / 50.952361; 1.85333. The Burghers at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. The Burghers of Calais ( French: Les Bourgeois de Calais) is a sculpture by Auguste Rodin in twelve original castings and numerous copies.