Pas-de-Calais
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| Pas-de-Calais | |
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| Coat of Arms du Pas-de-Calais Details | |
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| [[D�partement|Number]] | 62 |
| Region | Nord-Pas-de-Calais |
| Prefecture | Arras |
| Subprefectures | [[B�thune]] Boulogne-sur-Mer Calais Lens Montreuil-sur-Mer Saint-Omer |
| Population | [[List of French d�partements by population|Ranked 5th]]
216 /km� |
| Area | 6,671 km�; |
| Arrondissements | 7 |
| Cantons | 77 |
| Communes | [[communes of the Pas-de-Calais d�partement|894]] |
| President of the general council | Roland Huguet |
| Location | |
| Image:DPT62.png | |
Pas-de-Calais is a [[d�partement]] of northern France.
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Administration
Pas-de-Calais constitutes, along with the neighbouring d�partement of Nord, the region of Nord-Pas-de-Calais.
History
Pas-de-Calais was created in 1790 out of the former provinces of the coastal Boulonnais and Artois to the east.
Some of the costliest battles of World War I were fought here. At Vimy Ridge is Canada's most important memorial to its fallen soldiers.
Geography
Its principal towns are, on the coast, Calais and Boulogne-sur-Mer, and in Artois, Lens, [[Li�vin]], Arras and Saint-Omer.
Some of the [[Communes of the Pas-de-Calais d�partement|municipalities of the department]] include: Annay-sous-Lens, Aubigny-en-Artois, Audruicq, Barlin, [[B�nifontaine]], Bertincourt, Bourthes, Cambrin, Carency, [[Cauchy-�-la-Tour]], Croisilles, Dainville, Desvres, Divion, Dourges, Douvrin, [[�quihen-Plage]], Fauquembergues, Fruges, Givenchy en Gohelle.
Economy
Demographics
Culture
Miscellaneous topics
External links
[[D�partement|French d�partements]]:
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[[D�partement d'outre-mer|D�partements d'outre-mer]]: 971|972|973|[[R�union|974]]
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References
- Adapted from the Wikipedia article, "Pas-de-Calais" http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pas-de-Calais, used under the GNU Free Documentation License
