Calais

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
Commune an toun
Port o Calais
Banner Coat airms
Calais Location in Pas-de-Calais
Coordinates: 50°56′53″N 1°51′23″E
Kintra	Fraunce
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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