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[edit] calaisturbo

What is calaisturbo? Mathiastck 18:00, 23 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Length of the Meter?

The length of the meter was based on the survey from Dunkirk to Barcelona. Perpignan did indeed play a role, but Calais doesn't seem to have been involved. See Ken Adler, The Measure of All Things, on the subject of this surveying expedition. --Reuben 17:18, 11 September 2006 (UTC)

I've deleted that section. Dunkerque is not far from Calais but it's not quite the same thing. --Cavrdg 09:25, 7 January 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Kales

Unclear why the Dutch name for Calais is mentioned (at all, really, but especially so prominently, even in bold). Is Dutch widely spoken in Calais? Also unclear whether the Dutch name really is Kales, since the Dutch version of the article is titled "Calais", but cites "Kales" as the Flemish form. The French version of the article cites "Kales" as the Dutch form and "Cales" as the West Flemish form. -86.140.131.100 21:05, 29 April 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Between France and Norway??

The first sentence in this entrance mention Norway. Should it not be England? Antoher thing about it: "its site might be expected to be inhabited" sounds wired. Knut A

The origins of Calais are obscure though its site might be expected to be inhabited. It stands on the foreshore of the last piece of solid geology on the south and east coast of the North Sea between France and Norway.

[edit] Calais/Kales <-> Calamine/Kelmis

These pairs of names seem too similar in both Dutch and French to be purely coincidental. They are both also somewhat near the French/Belgian border. I think they probably have the same ultimate etymological source. I'd like to learn more about this. Thecurran 17:36, 22 August 2007 (UTC)

This page: http://www.calais.ws/History.html suggests that "Calais" comes from the Calèteses or Cauchoiss tribes.
This page: http://www.crwflags.com/fotw/flags/be-wlgkm.html says that 'calamine' comes from the low latin calamina which seems to come from the Greek kadmeia, named after a zinc ore mine near Thebes.
Also, Kelmis isn't very near the French/Belgian border (in Belgian terms). (It is, however, near the Dutch/French language border.) --David Edgar 18:19, 23 August 2007 (UTC)

[edit] 'could of flooded'

Change 'of' to 'have'?

Just Do It, eh. —Tamfang (talk) 06:25, 13 January 2008 (UTC)

[edit] No history section

I'm no expert in the field by any stretch of the imagination, but surely there should be a history section? Especially as Calais was ruled by England until 1558 and was the last remaining English territory on mainland France? Whitstable 14:34, 22 March 2008 (UTC)

Oops, different article, missed that! Whitstable 16:24, 26 March 2008 (UTC)