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Coordinates: 50°56′06″N 1°48′00″E / 50.935, 1.8 Map of Earth showing lines of latitude (horizontally) and longitude (vertically), Eckert VI projection; large version (pdf, 1. ...

Commune of Coquelles

Location
Administration
Country France
Region Nord-Pas-de-Calais
Department Pas-de-Calais
Arrondissement Calais
Canton Calais-Nord-Ouest
Intercommunality Communauté d'agglomération du Calaisis
Statistics
Elevation 0 m–53 m
(avg. 49 m)
Land area¹ 8.77 km²
Population²
(1999)
2,370
 - Density 270/km² (1999)
Miscellaneous
INSEE/Postal code 62239/ 62231
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.
2 Population sans doubles comptes: single count of residents of multiple communes (e.g. students and military personnel).
France

Coquelles is a village and commune of the Pas-de-Calais département, located near Calais in northern France. Image File history File links Paris_plan_pointer_b_jms. ... This list of countries, arranged alphabetically, gives an overview of countries of the world. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... Capital Lille Area 12,414 km² Regional President Daniel Percheron ( PS) (since 2001) Population   - 2004 estimate   - 1999 census   - Density (Ranked 4th) 4,026,000 3,996,588 324/km² (2004) Arrondissements 13 Cantons 156 Communes 1,546 Départements Nord Pas-de-Calais The administrative region of Nord-Pas-de... Departments (French: IPA: ) are administrative units of France and many former French colonies, roughly analogous to English counties. ... Pas-de-Calais is a département in northern France named after the strait which it borders. ... The 100 French departments are divided into 342 arrondissements, which may be translated into English as districts. ... The arrondissement of Calais is an arrondissement of France, located in the Pas-de-Calais département, of the Nord-Pas-de-Calais région. ... The cantons of France are administrative divisions subdividing arrondissements and départements. ... Map of the 36,568 communes of metropolitan France. ... Elevation histogram of the surface of the Earth – approximately 71% of the Earths surface is covered with water. ... Population density per square kilometre by country, 2006 Population density map of the world in 1994. ... INSEE is the French abbreviation for the French National Institute for Statistics and Economic Studies (French: Institut National de la Statistique et des Études Économiques). ... Postal codes were introduced in France in 1972, when La Poste introduced automated sorting. ... Square kilometre (US spelling: Square kilometer), symbol km², is an SI unit of surface area. ... A square mile is an English unit of area equal to that of a square with sides each 1 statute mile (≈1,609 m) in length. ... For other meanings, see Estuary (disambiguation) Río de la Plata estuary An estuary is a semi-enclosed coastal body of water with one or more rivers or streams flowing into it, and with a free connection to the open sea. ... This page lists English translations of several Latin phrases and abbreviations, such as and . ... Image File history File links This is a lossless scalable vector image. ... Map of the 36,568 communes of metropolitan France. ... Pas-de-Calais is a département in northern France named after the strait which it borders. ... Wikipedia does not yet have an article with this exact name. ... Calais (Kales in Dutch) is a town in northern France, located at 50°57N 1°52E. It is in the département of Pas-de-Calais, of which it is a sous-préfecture. ...


It is known informally as "la ville du tunnel sous la manche" (the town of the Channel Tunnel). The town comprises a shopping centre (Cité Europe), a centre hotellier with an Ibis, an Etap and a Suitehotel, a farm in vieille Coquelles (old Coquelles), part of the L'Européene autoroute (A16) and the Channel Tunnel terminal. A short distance away, near the modern settlement, but also within sight of the older centre of Vieux Coquelles, with the ruins of its church tower, is a Holiday Inn. Opposite this is the Old Mill, from which the hotel restaurant "Le Vieux Moulin" takes its name. The British terminal at Cheriton in west Folkestone, from the Pilgrims Way. ... Ibis is an international hotel company, owned by Accor hotels. ... Etap Logo Etap is a European chain of hotels owned by the Accor Group, they are reasnobly priced but not quite no-frills, costing less than €50 per night, there are several branches in major cities and close to transport hubs like the Eurotunnel terminal in Coquelles (pictured). ... Suitehotel is a chain of 3-star luxury hotels owned by the Accor Group, it is a relatively new chain with only a few hotels. ... The autoroute A16, autoroute des estuaires, is an autoroute in North-West France. ... The British terminal at Cheriton in west Folkestone, from the Pilgrims Way. ... This article is about the hotel chain. ...

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Cité Europe

Cité Europe Logo

This is a large shopping centre located near the Eurotunnel terminal just off the A16. It is popular with day trippers or "booze cruisers" (British slang) from the United Kingdom due to the cheap alcohol available in the Carrefour hypermarket and the Tesco wine shop, as well as with French locals. The centre itself encompasses a wide range of shops, from UK high street favourites such as H&M and Zara, to shops which are distictly more french in flavour. It also has a Gaumont cinema complex, a food court with several "English" pubs, as well as a McDonald's and a Flunch (self-service restaurant). The autoroute A16, autoroute des estuaires, is an autoroute in North-West France. ... Booze cruise is an English colloquial term for a brief trip from Britain to France or Belgium with the intent of buying personal supplies of alcohol or tobacco in bulk quantities. ... For other uses, see Slang (disambiguation). ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... , For other uses, see Tesco (disambiguation). ... For the former railroad, see Hudson and Manhattan Railroad. ... Zara may refer to: // Zara is the Venetian, Austrian and Italian name of the Adriatic port city of Zadar (official 13th-20th century), former capital of Dalmatia, in Croatia Zara (Turkish district), a district in the Turkish province of Sivas Zara, Eritrea, a city in central-western Eritrea. ... For other uses, see England (disambiguation). ... An amusingly named pub (the Old New Inn) at Bourton-on-the-Water, in the Cotswold Hills of South West England A pub in the Haymarket area of Edinburgh, Scotland A public house, usually known as a pub, is a drinking establishment found mainly in the United Kingdom, Ireland, Canada... McDonalds Corporation (NYSE: MCD) is the worlds largest chain of fast-food restaurants, primarily selling hamburgers, chicken, french fries, milkshakes and soft drinks. ... Flunch is a popular French fast food chain. ...


Hotels

In the commercial zone, there is a Centre Hotellier in which you find three Accor Hotels, Suitehotel, Ibis, and Etap, which are all at three different budget levels. This location includes shared parking between the three hotels and it is located adjacent to the A16 autoroute. Accor (Euronext: AC) is a large French multinational corporation, part of the CAC 40 index, whose main business is running chains of hotels and restaurants. ...


Eurotunnel Terminal

For main article, see Eurotunnel. Eurotunnel logo Eurotunnel plc (in the UK) and Eurotunnel SA (in France) make up the Eurotunnel Group, founded in August 1986, which manages and operates the Channel Tunnel between the UK and France. ...


The Eurotunnel terminal is located in Coquelles of the A16, exit 42. This is the terminus of shuttle services from the UK, as well as the terminus of the LGV Nord, whereby Eurostar services can travel into the Channel Tunnel. The LGV Nord is a French 333 km-long high speed rail line that connects Paris to the Belgian border and the Channel Tunnel via Lille; it opened in 1993. ... This article is about high-speed trains between London and Brussels / Paris. ...

Centre Hotellier du Cité Europe: Suitehotel and Ibis
Centre Hotellier du Cité Europe: Etap

Coordinates: 50°56′N, 1°48′E Map of Earth showing lines of latitude (horizontally) and longitude (vertically), Eckert VI projection; large version (pdf, 1. ...


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BBC Inside Out - The Channel Tunnel (535 words)
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