Calais

Calais is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in north France. It is an important ferry port opposite Dover. The Channel Tunnel is also nearby. About 73,000 people live in Calais.

Calais
File:Zone portuaire calais phare.jpg
Port of Calais
Flag of Calais	Coat of arms of Calais
Location in Pas-de-Calais
Administration
Country	France
Region	Nord-Pas-de-Calais
Department	Pas-de-Calais
Arrondissement	Calais
Canton	Calais-1, 2 and 3
Intercommunality	Communauté d'agglomération du Calaisis
Mayor	Natacha Bouchart (LP) (2014–2020)
Statistics
Elevation	0–18 m (0–59 ft)
Land area1	33.5 km2 (12.9 sq mi)
Population2	72,589  (2012)
- Density	2,167/km2 (5,610/sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code	62193/ 62100
Website	Town; Port
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.
2 Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once.

Calais Media

• LeDevouementDesBourgeoisDeCalais.jpg

  "Le Devouement des Bourgeois de Calais 1347", "The Devotion of the Burghers of Calais". Philippa of Hainault begs King Edward III to spare the lives of the six volunteers for martyrdom. 19th-century mural in Council Chamber, Hôtel de Ville, Calais.

• VlaanderenArtesie1477.png

  Map showing the situation of 1477, with Calais, the English Pale and neighbouring counties

• Borough of Calais arms.svg

  The arms of English Calais recorded in the College of Arms

• The Official Visits To the Western Front, 1914-1918 Q9825.jpg

  George V of the United Kingdom meets French and Belgian officers in Calais in 1918.

• Monument to Charles de Gaulle and Winston Churchill in Calais.jpg

  Monument to Charles de Gaulle and Winston Churchill in Calais

• Old bunkers at Calais 1 (Piotr Kuczynski).jpg

  World War II bunkers at Calais

• Bundesarchiv Bild 101I-383-0337-19, Frankreich, Calais, zerstörte Fahrzeuge.jpg

  Debris from the siege of Calais

• LondonCalaisParis.png

  Map showing Calais in relation to Dover, London and Paris

• Map of Calais.png

  Map of Calais, France