Coquelles
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| region | Hauts-de-France | |
| Department | Pas-de-Calais | |
| Arrondissement | Calais | |
| Canton | Calais-1 | |
| Community association | Calaisis | |
| Coordinates | 50 ° 57 ′ N , 1 ° 48 ′ E | |
| height | 0-53 m | |
| surface | 8.77 km 2 | |
| Residents | 2,611 (January 1, 2017) | |
| Population density | 298 inhabitants / km 2 | |
| Post Code | 62231 | |
| INSEE code | 62239 | |
Coquelles ( Dutch Kalkwelle ) is a French municipality with 137 inhabitants (1 January 2017) in the department of Pas-de-Calais in the region of Hauts-de-France . It belongs to the canton of Calais-1 and to the community association Communauté d'agglomération du Calaisis .
The municipality of Coquelles is located between Calais in the northeast and Cap Blanc-Nez in the southwest on the English Channel coast .
Near Coquelles is the entrance and the terminal for Euro Tunnel . This is where vehicles for transport to and from Great Britain are loaded onto the Eurotunnel Shuttle .
In the village you can see an old windmill, the ruins of a castle and the remains of a church from the twelfth century.
Coquelles Field Airfield
During the Second World War, there was a field airfield of the German Air Force to the east of the place where the tunnel terminal is today . In the course of the Battle of Britain in 1940, it was one of the bases of Jagdgeschwader 52 (JG 52) equipped with Bf 109E . At the end of July the III. and then from the beginning of August to the end of October its 1st group. The squadron staff was also stationed here in the second half of August.
Then in November / December 1940 he was the base of the I. Group of Jagdgeschwader 51 , which, meanwhile converted from the Bf 109E to the Bf 109F, was again in Coquelles from the beginning of March to the end of May 1941. The last users from mid-October 1941 to early April 1942 were Bf 109F and Fw 190A of the III. Group of the Jagdgeschwader 26 .
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Individual evidence
- ^ De Nederlanden in Frankrijk, Jozef van Overstraeten, 1969