Place details
Place nameCalais
Other namesKales, Calesia
CountryFrance
Latitude50.95
Longitude1.867
SourceThesaurus of Geographic Names
Overview
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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