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Country
  
France

Department
  
Pas-de-Calais

Intercommunality
  
Sud-Ouest du Calaisis

Area
  
7.29 km²

Arrondissement
  
Calais

Region
  
Hauts-de-France

Canton
  
Calais-Nord-Ouest

Population (1999)
  
321

Local time
  
Tuesday 8:58 PM

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Weather
  
6°C, Wind SW at 13 km/h, 82% Humidity

Points of interest
  
Cap Blanc Nez, Cran d'Escalles, Musée du Transmanche

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

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Map of Escalles, 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)).

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.

    • References

    Escalles Wikipedia
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