Coquelles

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Coordinates: 50°56′06″N 1°48′00″E / 50.935, 1.8

Administration
Commune of Coquelles
Location

Country	France
Region	Nord-Pas-de-Calais
Department	Pas-de-Calais
Arrondissement	Calais
Canton	Calais-Nord-Ouest
Intercommunality	Communauté d'agglomération du Calaisis
Statistics
Elevation	0 m–53 m (avg. 49 m)
Land area^¹	8.77 km²
Population^² (1999)	2,370
- Density	270/km² (1999)
Miscellaneous
INSEE/Postal code	62239/ 62231
¹ French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.
² Population sans doubles comptes: residents of multiple communes (e.g. students and military personnel) only counted once.

Coquelles is a village and commune of the Pas-de-Calais département, located near Calais in northern France.

It is known informally as "la ville du tunnel sous la manche" (the town of the Channel Tunnel). The town comprises a shopping centre (Cité Europe), a centre hotellier with an Ibis, an Etap and a Suitehotel, a farm in vieille Coquelles (old Coquelles), part of the L'Européene autoroute (A16) and the Channel Tunnel terminal. A short distance away, near the modern settlement, but also within sight of the older centre of Vieux Coquelles, with the ruins of its church tower, is a Holiday Inn. Opposite this is the Old Mill, from which the hotel restaurant "Le Vieux Moulin" takes its name.

1 Population
2 Places of interest
3 Economy
4 See also
5 External links
6 Notes

[edit] Population

Population Growth
1962	1968	1975	1982	1990	1999
1144	1158	1248	2081	2133	2370
Census count starting from 1962 : Population without double counting

[edit] Places of interest

The church of the Assumption, dating from the 20th century.
The ruins of an ancient château..
An old windmill.
Remains of a 12th century church

[edit] Economy

[edit] Cité Europe

Cité Europe Logo

This is a large shopping centre located near the Eurotunnel terminal just off the A16. It is popular with day trippers or "booze cruisers" (British slang) from the United Kingdom due to the cheap alcohol available in the Carrefour hypermarket and the Tesco wine shop, as well as with French locals. The centre itself encompasses a wide range of shops, from UK high street favourites such as H&M and Zara, to shops which are distictly more french in flavour. It also has a Gaumont cinema complex, a food court with several "English" pubs, as well as a McDonald's and a Flunch (self-service restaurant).

[edit] Hotels

In the commercial zone, there is a Centre Hotellier in which you find three Accor Hotels, Suitehotel, Ibis, and Etap, which are all at three different budget levels. This location includes shared parking between the three hotels and it is located adjacent to the A16 autoroute.

[edit] Eurotunnel Terminal

For main article, see Eurotunnel.

The Eurotunnel terminal is located in Coquelles of the A16, exit 42. This is the terminus of shuttle services from the UK, as well as the terminus of the LGV Nord, whereby Eurostar services can travel into the Channel Tunnel.