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Calais (inhabited place) |
Coordinates: |
| Lat: 50 57 04 N degrees minutes |
Lat: 50.9512 decimal degrees |
| Long: 001 51 32 E degrees minutes |
Long: 1.8590 decimal degrees |
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Note: Village was improved by Count of Flanders in 997; fortified by Count of Boulogne 1224; withstood long siege by English in 1346, until it was starved out; retrieved from English 1558; occupied by Spanish 1596-1598; returned to France by Treaty of Vervins. |
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| Calais (preferred,C,V,English-P,U,N)
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| Calais (German-P,U,N)
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| Calais (French-P,U,N)
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| Kales (C,O,Dutch-P,U,N)
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| Calesia (H,O,Latin,U,N)
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Calais (inhabited place) (P) |
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Place Types: |
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| inhabited place (preferred, C) |
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| city (C) |
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| port (C) |
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| industrial center (C) |
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| transportation center (C) |
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| fishing community (H) |
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| village (H) |
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