The Pas-de-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. 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.
Somme is a department of France,located in the north of the country and named after the Somme river. It is part of the Hauts-de-France region. It is bordered by Pas-de-Calais and Nord to the north,Aisne to the east,Oise to the south and Seine-Maritime to the southwest. To the northwest,its coastline faces the English Channel and it shares maritime borders with Kent and East Sussex in the United Kingdom. It had a population of 570,559 in 2019.
The University of the Littoral Opal Coast is a public university located in the Nord and Pas-de-Calais departments of northern France. Its namesake is the Opal Coast region,of which it is a part.
Alain Bocquet is a French politician.
Michel Delebarre was a French politician who was a member of the Senate of France. He represented the Nord department,and was a member of the Socialiste,radical,citoyen et divers gauche. He was also mayor of Dunkirk.
The 13th constituency of the Pas-de-Calais was a former French legislative constituency which existed until 2012. It was one of 14 French legislative constituencies in the Pas-de-Calais department (62) located in the Nord-Pas-de-Calais region.
The 7th constituency of the Pas-de-Calais is a French legislative constituency in the Pas-de-Calais département.
Philippe Kemel is a French politician who is the mayor of Carvin and a former member of the National Assembly of France. He is a member of the Socialist Party.
Marcel Cabiddu was a French politician.
Women are able to be Members of Parliament in France;in the National Assembly. Women have been able to be involved in French legislative political life since 1945.
Ludovic Loquet is a French politician who was the Member of Parliament for Pas-de-Calais's 6th constituency for a month in 2020.
Christophe Leclercq is a French politician from En Marche. He was elected Member of Parliament for Pas-de-Calais's 6th constituency in a by-election in 2021 to replace Brigitte Bourguignon.
Emmanuel Blairy,born 14 March 1986 in Lens (Pas-de-Calais),is a French politician,deputy in the National Assembly from January 2022 and a local civil servant of the Communautéd'agglomération de Lens –Liévin since 2006.
Robert Therry is a French politician who has been Member of Parliament for Pas-de-Calais's 4th constituency from 2020 to 2022,when he replaced Daniel Fasquelle.
Nicolas Bays is a French politician. Formerly of the Socialist Party and now of Renaissance,he currently serves as a municipal councillor in Wingles,in Northern France. From 2012 through 2017,he held the position of deputy for Pas-de-Calais's 12th constituency.
AndréCapet was a French politician for the Socialist Party,who served as a member of the National Assembly between 1993 and 1997;and 1997 to his death in 2000,representing the Pas-de-Calais's 7th constituency. His son Yann Capet represented the same seat between 2012 and 2017.
Claude Demassieux is a French politician from Rally for the Republic,who served as a member of the National Assembly between 1993 and 1997,representing the Pas-de-Calais's 7th constituency.
Bertrand Petit is a French politician from the Socialist Party who served as a member of the National Assembly for Pas-de-Calais's 8th constituency from 2022 to 2024. His original election was invalidated,and he was re-elected in a by-election held in 2023.
Jean-Marc Tellier is a French politician from the French Communist Party. He became the Member of Parliament for Pas-de-Calais's 3rd constituency in the 2022 French legislative election. He was defeated in the first round of the 2024 French legislative election by Bruno Clavet.
