Escalles
Encyclopedia
Escalles is a commune
in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Nord-Pas-de-Calais region of France
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, at the junction of the D243 and D940 roads and at the foot of Mont d'Hubert (151m).
http://www.escalles.fr/
Communes of France
The commune is the lowest level of administrative division in the French Republic. French communes are roughly equivalent to incorporated municipalities or villages in the United States or Gemeinden in Germany...
in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Nord-Pas-de-Calais region of France
France
The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...
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Geography
A small village located 8 miles (13 km) west of CalaisCalais
Calais is a town in Northern France in the department of Pas-de-Calais, of which it is a sub-prefecture. Although Calais is by far the largest city in Pas-de-Calais, the department's capital is its third-largest city of Arras....
, at the junction of the D243 and D940 roads and at the foot of Mont d'Hubert (151m).
Population
Places of interest
- The cliffs.
- An old windmillWindmillA windmill is a machine which converts the energy of wind into rotational energy by means of vanes called sails or blades. Originally windmills were developed for milling grain for food production. In the course of history the windmill was adapted to many other industrial uses. An important...
. - The Dover Patrol monument at the summit of Cape Blanc-Nez, dedicated to British and French sailors of World War IWorld War IWorld War I , which was predominantly called the World War or the Great War from its occurrence until 1939, and the First World War or World War I thereafter, was a major war centred in Europe that began on 28 July 1914 and lasted until 11 November 1918...
. - The church of St.Maxime, dating from the sixteenth century.
- The Musée Transmanche.
External links
http://www.escalles.fr/