 CALAIS DOVER FERRY TICKET RESERVATIONS |
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The population of the city (commune) at the 1999 census was 77,333 inhabitants (74,800 as of February 2004 estimates). The population of the whole metropolitan area (aire urbaine) at the 1999 census was 125,584.
Calais overlooks the Strait of Dover, the narrowest point in the English Channel, which is only 34 km (21 miles) wide here, and is the closest French town to the United Kingdom. The white cliffs of Dover can easily be seen on a clear day.
The old part of the town, Calais proper (or Calais-Nord), is situated on an artificial island surrounded by canals and harbours. The modern part of the town, St-Pierre, lies to the south and southeast.
As well as the large port, the town is served by two railway stations: Gare de Calais-Fréthun and Gare de Calais-Ville, the former being the first stop on mainland Europe of the Eurostar line.
Dover is a town and major ferry port in the county of Kent, England. It faces France across the narrowest part of the English Channel. The town is the administrative centre of the Dover District.
Its strategic position has always been evident throughout its history: archaeological finds have revealed that the area has always been a focus for peoples entering and leaving Britain, and this continues to this day.
The port provides a great deal of the town’s employment, although many of the erstwhile ferry services have declined, so that unemployment tends to be higher than other parts of Kent. Dover is also home to the military, and has a strong tourist base.
The Port of Dover is also used by cruise ship passengers, and the old Dover Marine railway station building, together with a newly built one, cater for those passengers
The ferry lines using the port are (number of daily sailings in parentheses): P&O Ferries and Sea France (both for Calais); Speed Ferries(for Boulogne); and Norfolk Line (Dunkirk).These services have been fairly drastically cut in recent years, as the following notes show, with the date of withdrawal in parentheses. P&O Ferries, who ran sailings from Dover to both Boulogne (5 sailings daily, withdrawn 1993) and Zeebrugge(2002); SNCF Rail Ferry withdrew their three sailings on the opening of the Channel Tunnel; RMT moved their Oostende service of three sailings daily to Ramsgate in 1994; and Stena Line merged their 20 Calais sailings into the current P&O operation in 1998.
The Dover lifeboat is a Severn-class lifeboat based in the Western Docks.
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