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Pas-de-Calais

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Pas-de-Calais, department, France

Pas-de-Calais (pä-də-kälā`), department (1990 pop. 1,435,000), N France, on the Strait of Dover. Arras Arras (äräs`), city (1990 pop. 42,715), capital of Pas-de-Calais dept.
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Pas-de-Calais, French name for the Strait of Dover

Pas-de-Calais: see Dover, Strait of Dover, Strait of, separating Great Britain from France and connecting the English Channel with the North Sea. It is 21 mi (34 km) wide between Dover and Cape Gris-Nez, near Calais , and is called Pas-de-Calais by the French.
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The court in Pas-de-Calais in northern France also banned him from entering French territory for 10 years and prohibited him from entering any sports facilities for five years.
Even then, despite reports from the front, Hitler held back his elite motorized units, convinced the real landing was to come at Pas-de-Calais.
 
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