- Escalles
French commune
name= Escalles
region=
departement=
arrondissement=
canton= Calais-Nord-Ouest
insee=62307
cp=62179
maire=Marc Boutroy
mandat=2008 -2014
intercomm=Communauté de communes du Sud-Ouest du Calaisis
longitude=1.71472222222
latitude=50.9177777778
alt moy=46 m
alt mini=0 m
alt maxi=154 m
hectares=729
km²=7,29
sans=321
date-sans=1999
dens=44|Escalles is a commune in the
Pas-de-Calais "département" in theNord-Pas-de-Calais region ofFrance .Geography
A small village located 8 miles (13km) west of
Calais , at the junction of the D243 and D940 roads and at the foot of Mont d'Hubert (151m).Population
Places of interest
* The cliffs.
* An oldwindmill .
* The Dover Patrol monument at the summit of Cape Blanc-Nez, dedicated to British and French sailors ofWorld War I .
* The church of St.Maxime, dating from the16th century .
* The Musée Transmanche.See also
Communes of the Pas-de-Calais department External links
* [http://www.recensement.insee.fr/RP99/rp99/co_navigation.co_page?nivgeo=C&codgeo=62307&theme=ALL&typeprod=ALL&lang=FR&quelcas=LISTE Escalles on the Insee website] fr
* [http://www.quid.fr/communes.html?mode=detail&id=26803&req=Escalles Escalles on the Quid website] frNotes
*"This article is based on the equivalent article from the
French Wikipedia , consulted on May 23rd 2008."
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