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    Calais (UK: /ˈkæleɪ/ KAL-ay, US: /kæˈleɪ/ kal-AY, traditionally /ˈkælɪs/ KAL-iss, French: [kalɛ] ) is a port city in the Pas-de-Calais department, of which...
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    The Calais Jungle (known officially as Camp de la Lande) was a refugee and immigrant encampment in the vicinity of Calais, France that existed from January...
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    sub-prefecture of the Pas-de-Calais department in France. It is 68 km (42 mi) west-northwest of Lille on the railway to Calais, and is located in the...
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    La Coupole (category World War II in the Pas-de-Calais)
    (Northwest Gravel Works), is a Second World War bunker complex in the Pas-de-Calais department of northern France, about 5 kilometres (3.1 mi) from Saint-Omer...
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    Fortress of Mimoyecques (category World War II in the Pas-de-Calais)
    Project 711"), it is located in the commune of Landrethun-le-Nord in the Pas-de-Calais region of northern France, near the hamlet of Mimoyecques about 20 kilometres...
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    The siege of Calais (1940) was a battle for the port of Calais during the Battle of France. The siege was fought at the same time as the Battle of Boulogne...
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    died in 'shameful' Calais conditions in 2014". The Guardian. Retrieved 2 July 2015. France 24, 'Calais : Collomb ne veut pas de "point de fixation" pour les...
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    terrorism". Poznan. p. 89. "Direction départementale de la sécurité publique (DDSP) - Pas-de-Calais - Annuaire". lannuaire.service-public.fr (in French)...
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    by Ariel Zeitoun. Boon is deeply attached to his native region, Nord-Pas-de-Calais. In 2003, he made a whole show in the local dialect of ch'ti, also known...
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  • The 1941 Nord-Pas-de-Calais miners' strike, also known as the patriotic strike of the 100,000 miners of Nord-Pas-de-Calais or the 10-day strike, lasted...
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