Coquelles

You can help expand this article with text translated from the corresponding article in French. (July 2019) Click [show] for important translation instructions.

Machine translation, like DeepL or Google Translate, is a useful starting point for translations, but translators must revise errors as necessary and confirm that the translation is accurate, rather than simply copy-pasting machine-translated text into the English Wikipedia.
Do not translate text that appears unreliable or low-quality. If possible, verify the text with references provided in the foreign-language article.
You must provide copyright attribution in the edit summary accompanying your translation by providing an interlanguage link to the source of your translation. A model attribution edit summary is Content in this edit is translated from the existing French Wikipedia article at [[:fr:Coquelles]]; see its history for attribution.
You should also add the template {{Translated|fr|Coquelles}} to the talk page.
For more guidance, see Wikipedia:Translation.

Commune in Hauts-de-France, France

Coquelles Kalkwelle
Commune
The tunnel boring machine in Coquelles, as a tribute to the builders of the tunnel
Coat of arms
Location of Coquelles
(2020–2026)		Michel Hamy^[1]
Area ¹	8.77 km² (3.39 sq mi)
Population (2021)^[2]	2,647
• Density	300/km² (780/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	62239 /62231
Elevation	0–53 m (0–174 ft) (avg. 49 m or 161 ft)
¹ French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Coquelles (French pronunciation: [kɔkɛl]; West Flemish: Kalkwelle) is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department near Calais in northern France.

The town comprises a shopping centre, hotels and farm in Vieille Coquelles (old Coquelles), part of the L'Européenne autoroute (A16) and the Channel Tunnel terminal.

The Eurotunnel Calais Terminal is located in Coquelles off the A16, exit 42. This is the terminus of shuttle services from the UK, as well as the terminus of the LGV Nord, whereby Eurostar services can travel into the Channel Tunnel.

Population

Historical population
Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1968	1,158	—
1975	1,248	+1.07%
1982	2,081	+7.58%
1990	2,133	+0.31%
1999	2,370	+1.18%
2007	2,349	−0.11%
2012	2,311	−0.33%
2017	2,611	+2.47%
Source: INSEE^[3]

References

^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires" (in French). data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 13 September 2022.
^ "Populations légales 2021". The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
^ Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE