Calais

Calais (; in Inglis uisually  , tradeetionally ; ) is a toun an muckle ferry port in Northren Fraunce i the depairtment o Pas-de-Calais, o whilk it is a sub-prefectur. In aulder Scots scrievin it wis cried Calice. Calais is the mucklest toun in Pas-de-Calais, awtho the depairtment's caipital is its third-mucklest toun o Arras. Thair wis 125,584 indwallers i the metropolitan area at the census o 1999. Calais owerleuks the Strait o Dover, the maist nairra pynt o the Inglis Channel, whilk is jist  wide here, an is the closest French toun tae Ingland. The White Cliffs o Dover can easy be seen on a bricht day frae Calais. Calais is a muckle port fir ferries atween Fraunce an Ingland, an syne 1994 the Channel Tunnel haes linkit tae nearbu Coquelles frae Folkestone bi rail.

 Internaitional relations 

 Twin touns – Sister ceeties 
Calais is twinnt wi:
  Bardejov, Slovakie, syne 6 September 2002
  Brăila, Romanie, syne 8 Mey 2002
  Duisburg, North Rhine-Westphalie, Germany, syne 25 Juin 1964
  Dover, Kent, Ingland, syne Juin 1973  Fanga, Mali
  Riga, Latvie, syne 19 November 1976
 Wismar, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany, syne December 1971

 Notes 

 Freemit airtins 


Agglomération  
Info about the port and city  
Info about the port and city 
Port of Calais


Category:Communes o Pas-de-Calais
Category:Artifeecial islands
Category:Port ceeties an touns in Fraunce
Category:Fraunce–Unitit Kinrick border crossins