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Calais
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Calais (French pronunciation: [ka'lɛ]; in Inglis uisually /ˈkæleɪ/ CAL-ay, tradeetionally /ˈkælɨs/; Dutch: Kales) is a toun an muckle ferry port in Northren Fraunce i the depairtment o Pas-de-Calais, o whilk it is a sub-prefectur. In aulder Scots scrievin it wis cried Calice. Calais is the mucklest toun in Pas-de-Calais, awtho the depairtment's caipital is its third-mucklest toun o Arras. Thair wis 125,584 indwallers i the metropolitan area at the census o 1999. Calais owerleuks the Strait o Dover, the maist nairra pynt o the Inglis Channel, whilk is jist 34 km (21 mi) wide here, an is the closest French toun tae Ingland. The White Cliffs o Dover can easy be seen on a bricht day frae Calais. Calais is a muckle port fir ferries atween Fraunce an Ingland, an syne 1994 the Channel Tunnel haes linkit tae nearbu Coquelles frae Folkestone bi rail.
Calais | |
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Commune an toun | |
![]() Port o Calais | |
Coordinates: 50°56′53″N 1°51′23″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) | |
• Total | 74,817 |
Demonym(s) | Calaisiens |
Time zone | CET (UTC+01) |
• Summer (DST) | CEST (UTC+02) |
Website | Website |
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