The Pas-de-Calais is a department in northern France named after the French designation of the Strait of Dover, which it borders. It has the most communes of all the departments of France, with 887, a
Prefecture building of the department, in Arras
View of the English coast, from Pas-de-Calais
The Université d'Artois' campus in Lens sits in the ancient headquarters of Compagnie des mines.
Mussel aquaculture in Wissant
Arras is the prefecture of the Pas-de-Calais department, which forms part of the region of Hauts-de-France; before the reorganization of 2014 it was in Nord-Pas-de-Calais. The historic centre of the A
Pas-de-Calais
…Some of the costliest battles of World War I were fought in the region. The Canadian National Vimy Memorial, eight kilometres (five miles) from Arras, commemorates the Battle of Vimy Ridge assault during the Battle of Arras (1917) and is Canada's most important memorial in Europe to its fallen soldiers…
Le palais des Etats d'Artois et le Beffroi Arras