Escalles

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Coordinates: 50°55′04″N 1°42′53″E / 50.9177777778, 1.71472222222

Commune of Escalles
Location
Administration
Country	France
Region	Nord-Pas-de-Calais
Department	Pas-de-Calais
Arrondissement	Calais
Canton	Calais-Nord-Ouest
Intercommunality	Communauté de communes du Sud-Ouest du Calaisis
Mayor	Marc Boutroy (2008-2014)
Statistics
Elevation	0 m–154 m (avg. 46 m)
Land area¹	7,29 km²
Population² (1999)	321
- Density	44/km²
Miscellaneous
INSEE/Postal code	62307/ 62179
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.

Escalles is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais département in the Nord-Pas-de-Calais region of France.

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

[edit] 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).

[edit] Population

Population Evolution

1962	1968	1975	1982	1990	1999
182	199	149	286	320	321
Census count starting from 1962 : Population without double counting

[edit] Places of interest

• The cliffs.
• An old windmill.
• The Dover Patrol monument at the summit of Cape Blanc-Nez, dedicated to British and French sailors of World War I.
• The church of St.Maxime, dating from the 16th century.
• The Musée Transmanche.

[edit] See also

Communes of the Pas-de-Calais department

[edit] External links

• Escalles on the Insee website (French)
• Escalles on the Quid website (French)

[edit] Notes

• This article is based on the equivalent article from the French Wikipedia, consulted on May 23rd 2008.