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{{Distinguish|text = the [[Strait of Dover]], referred to as "Pas de Calais" in France}}
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| leader_name = Jean-Claude Leroy<ref>{{cite web|title=Répertoire national des élus: les conseillers départementaux|url=https://www.data.gouv.fr/fr/datasets/r/601ef073-d986-4582-8e1a-ed14dc857fba|website=data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises|date=4 May 2022|language=fr}}</ref>
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The '''Pas-de-Calais''' ({{IPA|fr|pɑ d(ə) kalɛ|lang|Fr-Paris--Pas-de-Calais.ogg}}, "[[strait]] of [[Calais]]"; {{lang-pcd|Pas-Calés}}; {{lang-nl|Nauw van Calais}}) is a [[departments of France|department]] in north-eastern [[France]] named after the [[French language|French]] designation of the [[Strait of Dover]], which it borders. It has the most [[communes of the Pas-de-Calais department|communes]] of all the departments of France, with [[communes of the Pas-de-Calais department|890]], and is the 8th most populous. It had a population of 1,465,278 in 2019.<ref name=pop2019>[https://www.insee.fr/fr/statistiques/fichier/6011060/dep62.pdf Populations légales 2019: 62 Pas-de-Calais], INSEE</ref> The '''Calais Passage''' connects to the [[Port of Calais]] on the [[English Channel]]. The Pas-de-Calais borders the departments of [[Nord (French department)|Nord]] and [[Somme (department)|Somme]] and is connected to the English [[Counties of England|county]] of [[Kent]] via the [[Channel Tunnel]].<ref>{{Cite web|last=Jackson|first=Mark|date=2021-09-01|title=Colt and Getlink to Deploy New Fibre Optic Network via Channel Tunnel|url=https://www.ispreview.co.uk/index.php/2021/09/colt-and-getlink-to-deploy-new-fibre-optic-network-via-channel-tunnel.html|access-date=2021-09-12|website=ISPreview UK|language=en}}</ref>
==History==
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Pas-de-Calais is one of the original 83 departments created during the [[French Revolution]] on 4 March 1790. It was created from parts of the [[provinces of France|former provinces]] of [[Calaisis]], formerly English, [[Boulonnais (land area)|Boulonnais]], [[Ponthieu]] and [[Artois]], this last formerly part of the [[Spanish Netherlands]].
Some of the costliest battles of [[World War I]] were fought in the region. The [[Canadian National Vimy Memorial]], eight kilometres 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.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.greatwar.co.uk/french-flanders-artois/memorial-canadian-national-vimy-memorial.htm |title=Canadian National Vimy Memorial, France |author=<!--Not stated--> |date=2015 |website
Pas-de-Calais was also the target of [[Operation Fortitude]] during [[World War II]], which was an [[Allies of World War II|Allied]] plan to deceive [[Oberkommando der Wehrmacht|the Germans]] that the [[Operation Overlord|invasion of Europe]] at D-Day was to occur here, rather than in [[Normandy]].<ref>{{cite book
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[[File:France manche vue dover.JPG|thumb|right|300px|View of the English coast, from Pas-de-Calais]]
Pas-de-Calais is in the current [[Regions of France|region]] of [[Hauts-de-France]] and is surrounded by the departments of [[Nord (French department)|Nord]] and [[Somme (department)|Somme]], the [[English Channel]], and the [[North Sea]]. It shares a
The principal rivers are the following:
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* [[Authie (river)|Authie]]
* [[Canche]]
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* [[Lys (river)|Lys]]
* [[Aa (France)|Aa]]
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===Principal towns===
Its principal towns are, on the coast, [[Calais]] and [[Boulogne-sur-Mer]], and in Artois, [[Arras]], [[Lens, Pas-de-Calais|Lens]], [[Liévin]], and [[Béthune]]. The most populous commune is Calais; the prefecture Arras is the second-most populous. As of 2019, there are 10 communes with more than 15,000 inhabitants:<ref name=pop2019/>
{| class=wikitable
! Commune
! Population (2019)
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| [[Calais]]
| style="text-align: center;" | 72,509
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| [[Arras]]
| style="text-align: center;" | 41,694
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| [[Boulogne-sur-Mer]]
| style="text-align: center;" | 40,251
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| [[Lens, Pas-de-Calais|Lens]]
| style="text-align: center;" | 31,461
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| [[Liévin]]
| style="text-align: center;" | 30,112
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| [[Hénin-Beaumont]]
| style="text-align: center;" | 25,992
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| [[Béthune]]
| style="text-align: center;" | 25,039
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| [[Bruay-la-Buissière]]
| style="text-align: center;" | 21,903
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| [[Avion, Pas-de-Calais|Avion]]
| style="text-align: center;" | 17,625
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| [[Carvin]]
| style="text-align: center;" | 17,557
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==Economy==
The economy of the department was long dependent on [[mining]], primarily the [[Coal mining|coal mine]]s near the town of [[Lens, Pas-de-Calais]] where coal was discovered in 1849.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.villedelens.fr/histoire/lhistoire-de-lens/la-decouverte-du-charbon.html|title=Discovery of Coal|publisher=Ville de Lens|access-date=1 August 2015|archive-date=21 March 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180321130449/http://www.villedelens.fr/histoire/lhistoire-de-lens/la-decouverte-du-charbon.html|url-status=dead}}</ref> However, since [[World War II]], the economy has become more diversified.
==Demographics==
The inhabitants of the department are called ''Pas-de-Calaisiens''.
Pas-de-Calais is one of the most densely populated departments of France,
Although the department saw some of the heaviest fighting of [[World War I]], its population rebounded quickly after both world wars. However, many of the mining towns have seen dramatic decreases in population, some up to half of their population.
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Population development since 1801:
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|cols=2|align=none|percentages=pagr|footnote=Sources:<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://splaf.free.fr/62his.html|title=Historique du Pas-de-Calais|website=Le SPLAF}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.insee.fr/fr/statistiques/4176909?geo=DEP-62|title=Évolution et structure de la population en 2016|publisher=INSEE}}</ref>|graph-pos=bottom
|15=1801|16=534,416|17=1821|18=626,571|19=1831|20=655,215|21=1841|22=685,021|23=1851|24=692,994|25=1861|26=724,338|27=1872|28=761,158|29=1881|30=819,022|31=1891|32=874,364|33=1901|34=955,391|35=1911|36=1,068,155|37=1921|38=989,967|39=1931|40=1,205,191|41=1936|42=1,179,467|43=1946|44=1,168,545|45=1954|46=1,276,833|47=1962|48=1,366,282|49=1968|50=1,397,159|51=1975|52=1,402,295|53=1982|54=1,412,413|55=1990|56=1,433,203|57=1999|58=1,441,568|59=2006|60=1,453,387|61=2011|62=1,462,807|63=2016|64=1,470,725}}
==Politics==
=== Local elections ===
{{Main|Departmental Council of Pas-de-Calais}}
The president of the Departmental Council is Jean-Claude Leroy, elected in 2017.
=== National politics ===
{{Main|List of constituencies in Pas-de-Calais}}
In the second round of the [[2017 French presidential election|French presidential elections of 2017]] Pas-de-Calais was one of only two departments in which the candidate of the [[National Front (France)|Front National]], [[Marine Le Pen]], received a majority of the votes cast: 52.
=== Presidential elections 2nd round ===
{| class="wikitable"
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!colspan="2"|Election!!Winning Candidate!!Party!!%!!2nd Place Candidate!!Party!!%
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| [[2022 French presidential election|2022]]
| [[Marine Le Pen]]
| [[National Front (France)|FN]]
| 57.49
| [[Emmanuel Macron]]
| [[La République En Marche!|LREM]]
| 42.51
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|style="background-color: {{party color|National Front (France)|FN}}" |
| [[2017 French presidential election|2017]]<ref name="auto">{{Cite web | url=https://www.interieur.gouv.fr/Elections/Les-resultats/Presidentielles | title=Présidentielles }}</ref>
| [[Marine Le Pen]]
| [[National Front (France)|FN]]
| 52.06
| [[Emmanuel Macron]]
| [[La République En Marche!|LREM]]
| 47.94
|-
|style="background-color: {{party color|Socialist Party (France)|PS}}" |
| [[2012 French presidential election|2012]]
| [[François Hollande]]
| [[Socialist Party (France)|PS]]
| 56.18
| [[Nicolas Sarkozy]]
| [[Union for a Popular Movement|UMP]]
| 43.82
|-
|style="background-color: {{party color|Socialist Party (France)|PS}}" |
| [[2007 French presidential election|2007]]
| [[Ségolène Royal]]
| [[Socialist Party (France)|PS]]
| 52.04
| [[Nicolas Sarkozy]]
| [[Union for a Popular Movement|UMP]]
| 47.96
|-
|style="background-color: {{party color|Rally for the Republic}}" |
| [[2002 French presidential election|2002]]<ref name="auto"/>
| [[Jacques Chirac]]
| [[Rally for the Republic|RPR]]
| 77.83
| [[Jean-Marie Le Pen]]
| [[National Rally|FN]]
| 22.17
|-
|style="background-color: {{party color|Socialist Party (France)|PS}}" |
| [[1995 French presidential election|1995]]<ref>{{Cite web | url=https://www.politiquemania.com/presidentielles-1995-departement.html | title=Résultats de l'élection présidentielle de 1995 par département - Politiquemania }}</ref>
| [[Lionel Jospin]]
| [[Socialist Party (France)|PS]]
| 57.28
| [[Jacques Chirac]]
| [[Rally for the Republic|RPR]]
| 42.72
|}
===Current National Assembly Representatives===
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!colspan="2"|Constituency!!Member<ref
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| style="background-color: {{party color|The Republicans (France)}}" |
| [[Pas-de-Calais's 1st constituency]]
| [[Emmanuel Blairy]]
|[[National Rally|RN]]
|-
|style="background-color: {{party color|La République En Marche!}}" |
| [[Pas-de-Calais's 2nd constituency]]
| [[Jacqueline Maquet]]
| [[La République En Marche!|LREM]]
|-
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| [[Pas-de-Calais's 3rd constituency]]
| [[Jean-Marc Tellier]]
|[[French Communist Party|PCF]]
|-
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| [[Pas-de-Calais's 4th constituency]]
| [[Philippe Fait]]
|[[Horizons (political party)|Horizons]]
|-
|style="background-color: {{party color|La République En Marche!}}" |
| [[Pas-de-Calais's 5th constituency]]
| [[Jean-Pierre Pont]]
| [[La République En Marche!|LREM]]
|-
| style="background-color: {{party color|National Rally (France)}}" |
| [[Pas-de-Calais's 6th constituency]]
| [[Christine Engrand]]
|[[National Rally|RN]]
|-
|style="background-color: {{party color|The Republicans (France)}}" |
| [[Pas-de-Calais's 7th constituency]]
| [[Pierre-Henri Dumont]]
| [[The Republicans (France)|The Republicans]]
|-
| style="background-color: {{party color|Socialist Party (France)}}" |
| [[Pas-de-Calais's 8th constituency]]
| [[Bertrand Petit]]
|[[Socialist Party (France)|PS]]
|-
| style="background-color: {{party color|National Rally (France)}}" |
| [[Pas-de-Calais's 9th constituency]]
| [[Caroline Parmentier]]
|[[National Rally (France)|National Rally]]
|-
|style="background-color: {{party color|National Rally (France)}}" |
| [[Pas-de-Calais's 10th constituency]]
| [[Myriane Houplain]]
| [[National Rally (France)|National Rally]]
|-
|style="background-color: {{party color|National Rally (France)}}" |
| [[Pas-de-Calais's 11th constituency]]
| [[Marine Le Pen]]
| [[National Rally (France)|National Rally]]
|-
|style="background-color: {{party color|National Rally (France)}}" |
| [[Pas-de-Calais's 12th constituency]]
| [[Bruno Bilde]]
| [[National Rally (France)|National Rally]]
|}
=== National Assembly Representatives (2017 to 2022) ===
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! colspan="2" |Constituency!!Member<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|url=https://www.assemblee-nationale.fr/|title=Assemblée nationale ~ Les députés, le vote de la loi, le Parlement français|first=Assemblée|last=Nationale|website=Assemblée nationale}}</ref>!!Party
|-
| style="background-color: {{party color|Democratic Movement (France)
| [[Pas-de-Calais's 1st constituency]]
| [[Bruno Duvergé]]
| [[Democratic Movement (France)|MoDem]]
|-
| style="background-color: {{party color|La République En Marche!
| [[Pas-de-Calais's 2nd constituency]]
| [[Jacqueline Maquet]]
| [[La République En Marche!]]
|-
| style="background-color: {{party color|National Rally (France)
| [[Pas-de-Calais's 3rd constituency]]
| [[
| [[National Rally (France)|National Rally]]
|-
| style="background-color: {{party color|The Republicans (France)
| [[Pas-de-Calais's 4th constituency]]
| [[Daniel Fasquelle]]
| [[The Republicans (France)|The Republicans]]
|-
| style="background-color: {{party color|La République En Marche!
| [[Pas-de-Calais's 5th constituency]]
| [[Jean-Pierre Pont]]
| [[La République En Marche!]]
|-
| style="background-color: {{party color|La République En Marche!
| [[Pas-de-Calais's 6th constituency]]
| [[Brigitte Bourguignon]]
| [[La République En Marche!]]
|-
| style="background-color: {{party color|The Republicans (France)
| [[Pas-de-Calais's 7th constituency]]
| [[Pierre-Henri Dumont]]
| [[The Republicans (France)|The Republicans]]
|-
| style="background-color: {{party color|La République En Marche!
| [[Pas-de-Calais's 8th constituency]]
| [[Benoît Potterie]]
| [[La République En Marche!]]
|-
| style="background-color: {{party color|Democratic Movement (France)
| [[Pas-de-Calais's 9th constituency]]
| [[Marguerite Deprez-Audebert]]
| [[Democratic Movement (France)|MoDem]]
|-
| style="background-color: {{party color|National Rally (France)
| [[Pas-de-Calais's 10th constituency]]
| [[
| [[National Rally (France)|National Rally]]
|-
| style="background-color: {{party color|National Rally (France)
| [[Pas-de-Calais's 11th constituency]]
| [[Marine Le Pen]]
| [[National Rally (France)|National Rally]]
|-
| style="background-color: {{party color|National Rally (France)
| [[Pas-de-Calais's 12th constituency]]
| [[Bruno Bilde]]
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* [[Battle of Vimy Ridge]]
* [[7 Valleys Pas-de-Calais]]
* [[Achicourt station]]
==References==
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{{Commons category|Pas-de-Calais}}
* {{in lang|fr}} [http://www.wikipasdecalais.fr/ A whole wiki about the Pas-de-Calais]
* {{in lang|fr}} [
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* {{in lang|en}} [http://www.uk.pas-de-calais.com/ Official Tourist website]
* {{in lang|en}} [http://about-france.com/regions/nord-pas-de-calais.htm Short regional tourism guide]
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