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Calais Calais Klaus-Peter Wolf / age fotostock

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Calais, the nearest French town to England, is located on the Straits of Dover less than 22 mi from the English cliffs.
It is a proud town of sailors and also an important lace centre. It started out in its present-day form in 1885 when the two separate towns of 'bourgeois' Calais Nord and 'working class' Saint-Pierre were joined together.
After being all but destroyed during the Second World War, the town picked itself up again to become France's number one tourist port, and, in 1993 it became the French home of the Channel Tunnel.

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  4.   Coasts

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