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Communes of Pas-de-Calais

  • CalaisThe Strait of Dover narrows to just 21 miles between Calais and England. On a clear day, the White Cliffs of Dover stand visible from the French coast.
  • Boulogne-sur-MerIn 39 AD, Emperor Caligula ordered the construction of a tall lighthouse at Gesoriacum. This structure stood for over sixteen hundred years before coastal…
  • Saint-OmerIn the 7th century, a man named Audomar arrived in a landscape of water and reeds. He established an abbey called Sithiu near the river Aa.