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Calais

The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
Calais , city (1990 pop. 78,836), Pas-de-Calais dept., N France, in Picardy, on the Straits of Dover. An industrial center with a great variety of manufactures, it has been a major commercial seaport and a communications center with England since the Middle Ages. A major cross-channel ferry and hovercraft port, it is near the site of the Channel Tunnel linking France with England. It was fortified (13th cent.) by the counts of Boulogne. In 1347, after a siege of 11 months, Calais fell to Edward III of England. A bronze monument by Rodin commemorates the famous episode of the six burghers who... Read more
Calais
Calais City and seaport in Pas-de-Calais department, nw France. An important port and commercial centre...retaken in 1558. It suffered much damage during World War II . Calais lies c. 34km (21mi) across the English Channel from Dover , and... Read more
Pas‐de‐Calais
Pas‐de‐Calais, Nord‐Pas‐de‐Calais/France A department meaning the ‘Strait of Calais’, otherwise known as the ‘Strait of Dover’, from pas ‘strait’ or ‘pass’. Read more

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Free Article France has opened Delta 3, a new multimodal rail/road/waterways logistics hub in the Nord Pas de Calais region.(Francepln)(Brief Article)
Free Article A new so-called tri-modal terminal, incorporating rail, road, and waterway facilities, has opened at Dourges, Nord-Pas-de-Calais.(France)
Free Article India trek ended in Calais.

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