The Terrasses de Coquelles business park occupies the 23-hectare “Longues Pièces” district to the south of central Coquelles in the “Old Coquelles” sector.
The Belin map of Calais indicates that this area was already inhabited in the 18th century. At the time, it stood on “dry ground” on one of the “peaks” of the Artois hills. This nucleus of construction within the wider commune has hardly changed over the years, the town preferring to continue its expansion more towards the lowlands to the north.
The “Longues pièces” arable farmland was situated on a slope running from northwest to southeast, the altitude ranging from approximately 25 to 10m.
The new business park lies at the intersection of two natural geographic regions, the Flemish lowlands and the Artois hills.
The “Longues pièces” district, literally meaning “long pieces”, gets its name from the elongated shape of the fields that run down the whole length of the slope, each one belonging to a single farmer.
