Escalles

Escalles
Commune
Cape Blanc Nez
Coat of arms
Escalles
Location within Hauts-de-France region  Escalles
Coordinates: 50°55′04″N 1°42′53″E / 50.9178°N 1.7147°E / 50.9178; 1.7147Coordinates: 50°55′04″N 1°42′53″E / 50.9178°N 1.7147°E / 50.9178; 1.7147
Country	France
Region	Hauts-de-France
Department	Pas-de-Calais
Arrondissement	Calais
Canton	Calais-1
Intercommunality	CC Pays d'Opale
Government
• Mayor (2008–2014)	Marc Boutroy
Area1	7.29 km2 (2.81 sq mi)
Population (1999)2	321
• Density	44/km2 (110/sq mi)
Time zone	CET (UTC+1)
• Summer (DST)	CEST (UTC+2)
INSEE/Postal code	62307 /62179
Elevation	0–154 m (0–505 ft) (avg. 46 m or 151 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. 2 Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once.

Escalles is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Hauts-de-France region of France.

Geography

A small village located 13 kilometres (8 mi) west of Calais, at the junction of the D243 and D940 roads and at the foot of Mont d'Hubert (151 metres (495 ft)).

Population

Places of interest

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

See also

• Communes of the Pas-de-Calais department

References

• INSEE commune file

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Escalles.

• Escalles on the Quid website (in French)
• http://www.escalles.fr/