Pas-de-Calais
Pas-de-Calais
Pas-Calés | |
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Prefecture building of the department, in Arras | |
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Flag Coat of arms | |
Location of Pas-de-Calais in France | |
| Coordinates: 50°57′N 1°51′E / 50.950°N 1.850°E | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Hauts-de-France |
| Prefecture | Arras |
| Subprefectures | Béthune, Boulogne-sur-Mer, Calais, Lens, Montreuil, Saint-Omer |
| Government | |
| • Body | Departmental Council of Pas-de-Calais |
| • President of the Departmental Council | Jean-Claude Leroy |
| Area | |
• Total | 6,706 km2 (2,589 sq mi) |
| Population (2023) | |
• Total | 1,457,905 |
| • Rank | 7th |
| • Density | 217.4/km2 (563.1/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
| ISO 3166 code | FR-62 |
| Department number | 62 |
| Arrondissements | 7 |
| Cantons | 39 |
| Communes | 887 |
| ^1 French Land Register data, which exclude estuaries, and lakes, ponds, and glaciers larger than 1 km2 | |
The Pas-de-Calais (French: [pɑ d(ə) kalɛ] ⓘ, 'strait of Calais'; Picard: Pas-Calés; Dutch: Nauw van Calais) is a department in northern France named after the French designation of the Strait of Dover, which it borders. It has the most communes of all the departments of France, with 887, and is the 8th most populous. It had a population of 1,465,278 in 2019. The Calais Passage connects to the Port of Calais on the English Channel. The Pas-de-Calais borders the departments of Nord and Somme and is connected to the English county of Kent via the Channel Tunnel.