Pas-de-Calais

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French department

Pas-de-Calais is a department in northern France, bordering the English Channel and known for its historic ports, World War battlefields, and the Channel Tunnel connection to the United Kingdom.

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Observed surface forms (4)

Surface form Occurrences
Pas-de-Calais department 3
Communes of Pas-de-Calais 1
French department of Pas-de-Calais 1

Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf French department ⓘ
borderCrossing Channel Tunnel ⓘ
Ferry routes to the United Kingdom ⓘ
borders English Channel ⓘ
Nord ⓘ
North Sea ⓘ
Somme, France ⓘ
surface form: Somme
capital Arras ⓘ
contains Arras ⓘ
Boulogne-sur-Mer ⓘ
Béthune ⓘ
Calais ⓘ
Cap Blanc-Nez ⓘ
Cap Gris-Nez ⓘ
Channel Tunnel ⓘ
surface form: Channel Tunnel French terminal

Lens ⓘ
Opal Coast ⓘ
Saint-Omer ⓘ
Canadian National Vimy Memorial ⓘ
surface form: Vimy Memorial

Vimy Ridge ⓘ
country France ⓘ
departmentNumber 62 ⓘ
hasPort Port of Boulogne-sur-Mer ⓘ
Calais ⓘ
surface form: Port of Calais
historicEvent Western Front ⓘ
surface form: World War I Western Front fighting

World War II occupation ⓘ
surface form: World War II German occupation
knownFor Channel Tunnel connection to the United Kingdom ⓘ
World War I military fortifications ⓘ
surface form: World War I battlefields

World War II sites ⓘ
historic ports ⓘ
language French ⓘ
locatedIn Hauts-de-France NERFINISHED ⓘ
northern France ⓘ
locatedOn English Channel coast ⓘ
Opal Coast ⓘ
namedAfter Strait of Dover ⓘ
partOf County of Artois ⓘ
surface form: Artois

European Union NUTS-3 region FR302 ⓘ
French Flanders ⓘ
prefecture Arras ⓘ
regionType department of France ⓘ
subprefecture Boulogne-sur-Mer ⓘ
Calais ⓘ
Boulogne-sur-Mer ⓘ
surface form: Montreuil-sur-Mer
timeZone Central European Summer Time ⓘ
Central European Time ⓘ

Referenced by (21)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Strait of Dover → adjacentTo → Pas-de-Calais ⓘ
Somme, France → borderedBy → Pas-de-Calais ⓘ
subject surface form: Somme
Nord department → borders → Pas-de-Calais ⓘ
subject surface form: Nord (department)
this entity surface form: Pas-de-Calais (department)
subject surface form: Coquelles
RC Lens → department → Pas-de-Calais ⓘ
Cauchy-à-la-Tour → hasCategory → Pas-de-Calais ⓘ
this entity surface form: Communes of Pas-de-Calais
Calais → isSubprefectureOf → Pas-de-Calais ⓘ
Calais → locatedIn → Pas-de-Calais ⓘ
this entity surface form: Pas-de-Calais department
Cauchy-à-la-Tour → locatedIn → Pas-de-Calais ⓘ
this entity surface form: Pas-de-Calais department
subject surface form: Coquelles
St Omer → locatedIn → Pas-de-Calais ⓘ
this entity surface form: Pas-de-Calais department
Battle of Arras (1917) → location → Pas-de-Calais ⓘ
this entity surface form: French department of Pas-de-Calais
Cauchy-à-la-Tour → partOf → Pas-de-Calais ⓘ
Operation Fortitude → relatedTo → Pas-de-Calais ⓘ
Nord → sharesBorderWith → Pas-de-Calais ⓘ
Lys → sourceLocation → Pas-de-Calais ⓘ