History of the Pas-de-Calais

Artois ( , ; ; Picard: Artoé; English adjective: Artesian) is a region of northern France. Its territory covers an area of about 4,000 km2 and it has a population of about one million. Its principal cities include Arras (Dutch: Atrecht), Saint-Omer, Lens, and Béthune. It is the eponym for the term Artesian.

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attempted mass shooting on a Thalys train on 21 August 2015

mining accident

1915 battle

thumb|right|Quentovic and surrounding trade routes Quentovic was a Frankish emporium in the Early Middle Ages, located on the European continent close to the English Channel. The town no longer exists, but it was thought to have been situated near the mouth of the Canche River in what is today the French commune of Étaples. Archaeological discoveries by David Hill in the 1980s found that the actual location of Quentovic was east of Étaples, in what is now the commune of La Calotterie.

1915 battle on the Western Front during the First World War

1914 battle fought during World War I

cyclo-cross championship

perhaps Boulogne or Wissant, France

late 19th-Early 20th Century Artists retreat in Étaples, France

Boulogne-sur-Mer, Castle & Museum in the French seaport.

terrorist attack in Paris, France