Pas-de-Calais

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Pas-de-Calais Pas-Calés
Department
Prefecture building of the Based department, in Arras
Flag Coat of arms
Location of Pas-de-Calais in France
Coordinates: 50°57′N 1°51′E / 50.950°N 1.850°E / 50.950; 1.850
Country	France
Region	Hauts-de-France
Prefecture	Arras
Subprefectures	Béthune, Boulogne-sur-Mer, Calais, Lens, Montreuil, Saint-Omer
Government
• Body	Departmental Council of Pas-de-Calais
• President of the Departmental Council	Jean-Claude Leroy[1]
Area 1
• Total	6,706 km2 (2,589 sq mi)
Population  (2021)[2]
• Total	1,461,441
• Rank	7th
• Density	220/km2 (560/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
ISO 3166 code	FR-62
Department number	62
Arrondissements	7
Cantons	39
Communes	890
^1 French Land Register data, which exclude estuaries, and lakes, ponds, and glaciers larger than 1 km2

The Pas-de-Calais (French: [pɑ d(ə) kalɛ] ^ⓘ, "strait of Calais"; Picard: Pas-Calés; Dutch: Nauw van Calais) is a department in north-eastern France named after the French designation of the Strait of Dover, which it borders. It has the most communes of all the departments of France, with 890, and is the 8th most populous. It had a population of 1,465,278 in 2019.^[3] The Calais Passage connects to the Port of Calais on the English Channel. The Pas-de-Calais borders the departments of Nord and Somme and is connected to the English county of Kent via the Channel Tunnel.^[4]