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Pas-de-Calais

French department
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Summary

Pas-de-Calais is a department of France[1]. Pas-de-Calais ranks in the top 0.68% of department of france entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (5,972 views/month, #1 of 147).[2]

Key Facts

  • Located in the administrative territorial entity: Hauts-de-France[3]
  • Country: France[4]
  • Head of government: Michel Dagbert[5]
  • Capital: Arras[6]
  • Shares border with: Somme[7], Nord[8]
  • Named after: Strait of Dover[9]
  • Contains the administrative territorial entity: arrondissement of Arras[10], arrondissement of Béthune[11], arrondissement of Boulogne-sur-Mer[12], arrondissement of Calais[13], arrondissement of Lens[14], arrondissement of Montreuil[15], arrondissement of Saint-Omer[16]
  • Legislative body: departmental council of Pas-de-Calais[17]
  • Commons category: Pas-de-Calais[18]
  • Located in time zone: UTC+01:00[19], UTC+02:00[20]
  • Inception: March 4, 1790[21]
  • Highest point: Relais de Bullescamps[22]
  • Official website: http://www.pas-de-calais.pref.gouv.fr/[23]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Pas-de-Calais[24]
  • Commons gallery: Pas-de-Calais[25]
  • Population: 1,462,807[26], 1,472,648[27], 1,468,018[28], 1,466,743[29], 1,465,278[30], 1,462,167[31], 1,461,441[32], 1,460,184[33], 1,457,905[34]
  • Office held by head of government: president of departmental council[35]
  • Described by source: Otto's encyclopedia[36], Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[37], Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947)[38], Yuzhakov Big Encyclopedia[39], Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[40], The Nuttall Encyclopædia[41], Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[42]
  • Official name: Pas-de-Calais[43]
  • List of monuments: Liste des monuments historiques du Pas-de-Calais[44]
  • Category for people born here: Category:Births in Pas-de-Calais[45]
  • Category for people who died here: Category:Deaths in Pas-de-Calais[46]
  • Native label: Pas-de-Calais[47]
  • Category for films shot at this location: Category:Films shot in Pas-de-Calais[48]
  • Category for people buried here: Q32390929[49]

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Brands and Namesakes

Things named for Pas-de-Calais include Nord-Pas-de-Calais[50], a historical region[51], in France[52], founded in 1960[53].

Why It Matters

Pas-de-Calais has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[54] Pas-de-Calais is known by 20 alternative names across languages and contexts.[55]

Entities named for Pas-de-Calais include Nord-Pas-de-Calais[50], a historical region[51], in France[52], founded in 1960[53].

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References

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  25. [27] ↑ . National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. wikidata.org.
  26. [28] ↑ . Populations légales 2017. wikidata.org.
  27. [29] ↑ . Populations légales 2018. wikidata.org.
  28. [30] ↑ . Populations légales 2019. wikidata.org.
  29. [31] ↑ . Populations légales 2020. wikidata.org.
  30. [32] ↑ . Populations légales 2021. wikidata.org.
  31. [33] ↑ . Populations de référence 2022. wikidata.org.
  32. [34] ↑ . Populations de référence 2023. wikidata.org.
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  41. [43] ↑ . Code officiel géographique. wikidata.org.
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Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [50] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [51] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [52] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [53] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [54] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [55] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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