Coquelles is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in northern France, close to the port city of Calais. Its West Flemish name is Kalkwelle. The commune is best known as the French end of the Channel Tunnel: the Eurotunnel Calais Terminal lies off the A16 motorway at exit 42, and it is the terminus of the shuttle services from the United Kingdom as well as of the LGV Nord high-speed line, which lets Eurostar trains enter the tunnel. The built-up area includes the Cité Europe shopping centre, hotels, and a farm in Vieille Coquelles, the old village. The population has grown steadily in the census record, from 1,158 in 1968 to 2,638 in 2023. Because of the tunnel and the nearby border crossing, the commune has also been linked to the migrant crisis around Calais since 1999.
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1. Coquelles (Wikipedia)
Population table, 2023
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is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department near Calais in northern France
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is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department near Calais in northern France
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is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department near Calais in northern France
View the Source2. Koeppen-Geiger map (Kottek et al., University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna): World Map of the Koeppen-Geiger Climate Classification, present climate data
Koeppen-Geiger map (Kottek et al., University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna)Koeppen-Geiger-ASCII.txt grid cell 50.75, 1.75Quote, Koeppen-Geiger-ASCII.txt grid cell 50.75, 1.75
50.75 1.75 Cfb
3. GeoNames: Coquelles - GeoNames
GeoNamescities500 record 3023787, place matched by name within the country (only place of that name in the country)Quote, cities500 record 3023787, place matched by name within the country (only place of that name in the country)
50.93461 1.7988 P PPL FR 32 62 626 62239 2439 8 Europe/Paris
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