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| Pas-de-Calais department | |
| Capital | Arras |
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| Residents | 1.466.743 (2018) |
| surface | 6,671 km² |
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Pas-de-Calais is a department in the French region Nord-Pas-de-Calais and has the serial number 62. In the north and west, the department borders on the North Sea in the area of the English Channel, in the east to the département North and in the south to the department Somme.
Regions
The department is divided into the following seven arrondissements:
- Arrondissement of Arras
- Arrondissement of Béthune
- Arrondissement of Boulogne-sur-Mer
- Arrondissement of Calais
- Arrondissement of Lens
- Arrondissement of Montreuil
- Arrondissement of Saint-Omer
places
- Aire-sur-la-Lys
- Arras - is the prefecture (administrative seat) of the department.
- Berck-sur-Mer - the former fishing village is a popular bathing and tourist town.
- Bethune - south of the La Bassée Canal, Canal d’Aire
- Boulogne-sur-Mer - is the largest fishing port in France
- Calais - is the center of the tourism region Côte d’Opale
- Hesdin
- Lens
- Le Touquet-Paris Plage - is the glamorous vacation spot on the French Channel coast
- Montreuil-sur-Mer
- Saint-Omer
Other goals
background
language
getting there
By plane
There is no international airport in the department, so it is recommended to go to the airport Lille to evade. This offers good connections within France Biarritz, Bordeaux, Lyon, Marseille, Montpellier, Nantes, Nice, Perpignan, Strasbourg and Toulouse, to Corsica With Ajaccio, Bastia, Calvi and Figari and among other things after Algeria (Algiers and Oran), Morocco (Agadir and Marrakech), Portugal (Faro and postage), Tunisia (Djerba and Monastir) and to the Balearic Islands and the Canary Islands
By boat
The Calais ferry port is located in the Pas-de-Calais department. DFDS Seaways, My Ferry Link and P&O Ferries serve the car ferries Dover with multiple crossings daily. Passengers without a motor vehicle are only transported by P&O Ferries. The journey time is around 45 minutes. There are bars, restaurants and a shop on board the ships.
By train
- Vehicle transport with Eurotunnel le Shuttle from Coquelles Tunnel sous la Manche at Calais after Folkstone.
- Passenger train Eurostar: of Paris or Brussels via Lille and Calais to London
mobility
Tourist Attractions
activities
shop
- Cité Europe, in Coquelles at the Eurotunnel. A large shopping center with around 120 shops (Monday to Saturday from 10:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m.), a Carrefour supermarket (Monday to Wednesday from 9:00 a.m. to 9:00 p.m. and Thursday to Saturday from 9:00 a.m. to 9:30 p.m.) A.m.), a cinema and several restaurants (Monday to Sunday from 10:00 a.m. to 10:00 p.m.).
kitchen
nightlife
security
climate
trips
- Cap Blanc Nez
- Cap Gris Nez
- Réserve Naturelle Nationale du Platier d'Oye
- Regional Natural Park of Caps and Marais d'Opale
- Forêt Domaniale de Boulogne
- Forêt Domaniale de Desvres Arbe Remarquable
- Forêt Domaniale d'Hardelot
