Escalles

Escalles
Cape Blanc Nez
Coat of arms
Escalles
Location within Nord-Pas-de-Calais region Escalles
Coordinates:
Country	France
Region	Nord-Pas-de-Calais-Picardy
Department	Pas-de-Calais
Arrondissement	Calais
Canton	Calais-Nord-Ouest
Intercommunality	Sud-Ouest du Calaisis
Government
• Mayor (2008–2014)	Marc Boutroy
Area1	7.29 km2 (2.81 sq mi)
Population (1999)2	321
• Density	44/km2 (110/sq mi)
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 Nord-Pas-de-Calais region of France.

Geography

A small village located 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

Historical population of Escalles

Year	1962	1968	1975	1982	1990	1999
Population	182	199	149	286	320	321
From the year 1962 on: No double counting—residents of multiple communes (e.g. students and military personnel) are counted only once.

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

• Escalles on the Quid website (French)

http://www.escalles.fr/