Pas-de-Calais
The Pas-de-Calais (, ' strait of Calais'; ; ) is a department in northern 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 ...
France
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Ternoise
The river Ternoise (; ) is one of the small chalk streams that flow from the plateau of the southern Boulonnais (land area), Boulonnais and Picardy, via the Canche, into the English Channel. The catchment basin, basin of the Ternoise extends to a ...
river valley, 28 miles (44 km) northwest of
Arras
Arras ( , ; ; historical ) is the prefecture of the Pas-de-Calais department, which forms part of the region of Hauts-de-France; before the reorganization of 2014 it was in Nord-Pas-de-Calais. The historic centre of the Artois region, with a ...
, at the junction of the D343, D70 and D94 roads.
Population
The inhabitants are called ''Anvinois'' in French.
Sights
* The church of St. Leger, dating from the sixteenth century.
* The ruins of a seventeenth-century chateau.
* Vestiges of a
watermill
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.
Transport
The
Chemin de fer d'Anvin à Calais
Chemin or Le Chemin may refer to:
Arts and media
* ''Le Chemin'' (Emmanuel Moire album), 2013 album by French singer Emmanuel Moire
* ''Le Chemin'' (Kyo album), 2003 album by French band Kyo
** "Le Chemin" (song), title song from same-titled Kyo a ...
opened a railway station at Anvin in 1881. The railway closed in 1952. Anvin station was also served by the
SNCF
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. Although the line is still open to traffic, the station is closed.
See also
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Communes of the Pas-de-Calais department
The following is a list of the 887 communes of the Pas-de-Calais department of France.
The communes cooperate in the following intercommunalities (as of 2025):