District of Calais

---- The district of Calais is a administrative division French, located in the department of Pas-de-Calais and the area Nord-Pas-de-Calais.

Composition

Composition of the district:

• Canton of Calais-Center, which groups 3 communes:

• Calais, Coulogne and the Attacks

• Canton of Calais-Is, which groups 2 communes:

• Calais and Marck

• Canton of Calais-North-West, which groups 9 communes:

• Bonningues-the-Calais, Calais, Coquelles, Stopovers, Fréthun, Niello-the-Calais, Peuplingues, Saint-Tricat and Sangatte

• Canton of Calais-South-Is, which gathers part of the commune of Calais

• Canton of Guînes, which groups 16 communes:

• Alembon, Andres, Bouquehault, Boursin, Caffiers, Countryside-the-Guines, Fiennes, Guînes, Hames-Boucres, Hardinghen, Herbinghen, Hermelinghen, Hocquinghen, Licques, Pihen-lès-Guînes and Sanghen

History

Leitartikel: History of the Nord-Pas-de-Calais

See too

• Calais

• Common of the Pas-de-Calais, which lists the 894 current communes of the department, like their codes INSEE simplified and zip codes, and their membership to an inter-commune structure
• Arrondissements of the Pas-de-Calais, which lists the 7 current districts and gives for each one of them the cantons (but not the communes, like here)

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