Calais

Calais is a town and fundamental ferry port in northern France within the department of Pas-de-Calais, of which it's miles a sub-prefecture. Although Calais is through some distance the largest city in Pas-de-Calais, the branch's prefecture is its 0.33-largest city of Arras. The population of the metropolitan location at the 2010 census become 126,395. Calais overlooks the Strait of Dover, the narrowest point in the English Channel, that is best 34 km huge here, and is the closest French town to England.

The White Cliffs of Dover can without problems be seen on a clean day from Calais. Calais is a main port for ferries among France and England, and for the reason that 1994, the Channel Tunnel has connected close by Coquelles to Folkestone by using rail. Due to its function, Calais because the Middle Ages has been a first-rate port and a very essential centre for transport and trading with England. It become annexed by Edward III of England in 1347 and grew right into a thriving centre for wool manufacturing.