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Sangatte
Zandgat
Commune
A general view of Sangatte
A general view of Sangatte
Coat of arms of Sangatte
Location of Sangatte
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Sangatte is located in France
Sangatte
Sangatte
Sangatte is located in Hauts-de-France
Sangatte
Sangatte
Coordinates: 50°56′51″N 1°45′27″E / 50.9475°N 1.7575°E / 50.9475; 1.7575
CountryFrance
RegionHauts-de-France
DepartmentPas-de-Calais
ArrondissementCalais
CantonCalais-1
IntercommunalityCA Grand Calais Terres et Mers
Government
 • Mayor (2020–2026) Guy Allemand[1]
Area
1
14.28 km2 (5.51 sq mi)
Population
 (2021)[2]
4,842
 • Density340/km2 (880/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code
62774 /62231
Elevation0–151 m (0–495 ft)
(avg. 4 m or 13 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Sangatte (French pronunciation: [sɑ̃ɡat]; West Flemish: Zandgat) is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department on the northern coast of France on the English Channel.[3] The name is of Flemish origin, meaning hole or gap in the sand.

  1. ^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires". data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises (in French). 2 December 2020.
  2. ^ "Populations légales 2021". The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
  3. ^ INSEE commune file

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Channel Tunnel

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while Lavalley used a similar machine to drill 1,669 m (5,476 ft) from Sangatte on the French side. However, the cross-Channel tunnel project was abandoned...

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Migrants around Calais

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for them while their claim is being processed. Apart from the camp in Sangatte (closed 2002) and the one in Grande-Synthe during the mayoral administration...

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Juxtaposed controls

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were refused entry to the UK at the juxtaposed controls. In 1991, the Sangatte Protocol was signed between France and the UK, an agreement that provided...

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Pale of Calais

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Nouvelle-Église, Offekerque, Oye-Plage, Peuplingues, Pihen-lès-Guînes, Sangatte, Saint-Pierre, Saint-Tricat, and Vieille-Église. Calais was a prize of...

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Hangar

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Bleriot crash-landed on a northern French farm in Les Baraques (between Sangatte and Calais) and rolled his monoplane into the farmer's cattle pen. Bleriot...

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Channel Tunnel Act 1987

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1993, whereby the European Union agreement on border control known as the Sangatte Protocol was brought into jurisdiction by the Lord Chancellor, the Secretary...

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Operation Undergo

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batteries of cross-channel guns, Batterie Lindemann (four 406 mm guns at Sangatte), Batterie Wissant (150 mm guns near Wissant), Batterie Todt (four 380...

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Trane

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large-capacity (2600 kW to 14,000 kW) chillers were installed—two located in Sangatte, France, and two at Shakespeare Cliff, UK. The energy-efficient chillers...

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English Channel

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across the Channel in September laid from St. Margaret's Bay, England to Sangatte, France (commonly referred to as the Dover to Calais cable) Thomas Russell...

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Calais Jungle

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been administered by the French Red Cross at Sangatte, but rapidly became overcrowded. After the Sangatte facility was closed in November 2002 by Nicolas...

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Cable layer

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Foreland and Sangatte cable by Submarine Telegraph Company in 1851. Red Rover in 1851, a steam tug, worked on the South Foreland and Sangatte replacement...

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History of aviation

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device on 4 August 2019, covering the 35-kilometre (22 mi) journey from Sangatte in northern France to St Margaret's Bay in Kent, UK, in 22 minutes, with...

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Eurotunnel Folkestone Terminal

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Passenger services then started in December 1994. As a result of the Sangatte Protocol signed between France and the UK in 1991, juxtaposed controls...

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Calais

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The commune of Calais is bordered by the English channel to the north, Sangatte and Coquelles to the west, Coulogne to the south and Marck to the east...

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Refugee camp

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outskirts of Dunkirk, northern France (destroyed by fire on April 11, 2017). Sangatte camp and the Calais jungle in northern France. The Oksbøl Refugee Camp...

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Flyboard Air

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of 177 km/h (110 mph) during the 20-minute flight. The trip started at Sangatte in the Pas-de-Calais department in France and concluded at St Margaret's...

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Tunnel boring machine

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Canal contractor, used a similar machine to drill 1,669 m (5,476 ft) from Sangatte on the French side. However, despite this success, the cross-Channel tunnel...

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David Blunkett

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his term in office, the large upsurge in asylum claims was reversed, the Sangatte refugee camp on French soil was closed, and refugees numbers subsequently...

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