Nord-Pas de Calais or Nord is in France. The region name is from the merging of the council of North and Pas-de-Calais.
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The area of Nord-Pas-de-Calais is 12,414 square kilometers.
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As of the last official census in 2013, Nord-Pas-de-Calais had a population of approximately 4 million people.
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No, the Pas de Calais is some distance to the south and west of the Rhine
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le Pas de Calais is a mini-region in the North of France.
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Calais is the name of a town located in the northern part of France, it's a sub-prefecture of the department of Pas-de-Calais. It's an important town and ferry port that communicate France and England through the English Channel.
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Pas-de-Calais is the noun for the area around the town of Calais, which gave its name to the département (county-like administrative subdivision). The name itself would translate as 'the marches of Calais, the border region of Calais'
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The channel tunnel begins in Kent in England, and ends in Pas-de-calais in France.
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The allies wanted the Germans to believe the invasion was to take place across the shortest channel crossing to Calais, France.
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10,719 civil solidarity pacts ("PACs") were registered in Nord-Pas-de-Calais during 2009.
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It comes out at Coquelles, Pas-de-Calais, near Calais. From there you can go to anywhere in France.
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Louis Daquin was born on May 20, 1908, in Calais, Pas-de-Calais, France.
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Sandra Lou was born on December 24, 1980, in Calais, Pas-de-Calais, France.
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Raymond Lefevre was born on November 20, 1929, in Calais, Pas-de-Calais, France.
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Ludovic Leleu was born on November 19, 1983, in Calais, Pas-de-Calais, France.
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Nord-Pas de Calais, Picardie, Ile-de-France, Centre, Alsace, Provence-Alpes-C
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pas de calais is on the french coast directly across fromDover, England. The allies convinced the Germans that the allies would invade France at the pas de calais, the shortest distance between Britain and France. For that reason German kept most of there forces and armor in the pas de calais expecting the allies to land there...............but the allies landed at Normandy, France
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Because the Germans were expecting them at Pas de Calais, and in fact the Allies made many deceptions to encourage this belief. Normandy was chosen because it had suitable beaches and German troop concentrations, especially tank formations, were lower than Calais area.
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The English call it the Strait of Dover because it is named after the town of Dover on the English side. The French call it Pas-de-Calais because it is named after the Calais region on the French side.
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The Channel Tunnel runs under the English Channel, from Folkestone in Kent to near Calais in Pas-de-Calais.
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Brittany, Lower and Upper Normandy, Nord-Pas de Calais, and Picardy are the regions in northwestern France which front the English Channel.
Specifically, Brittany is the most westerly of the northern regions. Nord-Pas de Calais is the most easterly. Picardy lies between Nord-Pas de Calais and Upper Normandy. Lower Normandy lies between Brittany and Upper Normandy.
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The telephone country code for France is +33. The area code for the Nord Pas-de-Calais region is 03, or +33 3 in international format. The local number is a further 8 digits.
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CoD Fish Sticks
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the German forces were expecting an allied landing at the Pas de Calais in the summer of 1945 and maintained a strong force in that area. However, the allies made the Germans think the allied invasion would take place at the Pas de Calais area as it was the shortest distance from England to France. But, the allied forces landed at Normandy, France and gained a foot hold in France before the Germans realized they had been tricked, that the allies were not going to invaded at the Pas de Calaids area of France...................
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The Channel Tunnel connects the United Kingdom and France. It runs between Folkestone in Kent and Sangatte near Calais in Pas-de-Calais.
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Florence Arnaud was born in 1930, in Billy-Montigny, Pas-de-Calais, France.
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The regional capital of the 'Nord - Pas-de-Calais' area is Lille.
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The Allies had deceived them into believing the attack would come later at the Pas de Calais.
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Emile Seylis was born on November 21, 1881, in Arras, Pas-de-Calais, France.
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Didier Tronchet was born on September 29, 1958, in Bthune, Pas-de-Calais, France.
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Mady Berry was born on October 4, 1887, in Berck, Pas-de-Calais, France.
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Gaston Borch was born on March 8, 1871, in Gunes, Pas-de-Calais, France.
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Xavier Beauvois was born on March 20, 1967, in Auchel, Pas-de-Calais, France.
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Fred Personne was born on August 20, 1932, in Auchel, Pas-de-Calais, France.
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Lesly Mess was born on December 22, 1976, in Auchel, Pas-de-Calais, France.
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Patoum was born on May 26, 1911, in Boulogne-sur-Mer, Pas-de-Calais, France.
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Monique Morelli was born on December 13, 1923, in Bthune, Pas-de-Calais, France.
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Emmanuelle Marie was born in 1965, in Boulogne-sur-Mer, Pas-de-Calais, France.
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Jean Douchet was born on January 19, 1929, in Arras, Pas-de-Calais, France.
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Frederic Colier was born on August 2, 1963, in Audresselles, Pas-de-Calais, France.
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