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    Saint-Aignan-de-Cramesnil (French pronunciation: [sɛ̃t‿ɛɲɑ̃ də kʁamenil] ) is a former commune in the Calvados department in the Normandy region in northwestern...
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  • Morbihan Mont-Saint-Aignan, in the Seine-Maritime department Saint-Aignan-de-Couptrain, in the Mayenne department Saint-Aignan-de-Cramesnil, in the Calvados...
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    Fireflies defeated the heavy armour of a German counterattack at Saint-Aignan-de-Cramesnil during Operation Totalize on 8 August 1944, resulting in the destruction...
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  • World War II, in which Ekins destroyed four German tanks near Saint-Aignan-de-Cramesnil in a day, including three Tiger I tanks (numbers 312, 009 & 314)...
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    Michael Wittmann (category CS1 German-language sources (de))
    seized the tactically important high ground near the town of Saint-Aignan-de-Cramesnil. Here they paused, awaiting an aerial bombardment that would signal...
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    Mont-Saint-Aignan (French pronunciation: [mɔ̃ sɛ̃t‿ɛɲɑ̃]) is a commune in the Seine-Maritime department in the region of Normandy, northwestern France...
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    mm anti-tank guns was deployed around the villages of Cramesnil and Saint-Aignan-de-Cramesnil 3 mi (4.8 km) behind the German forward positions, to halt...
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    Saint-Vincent-Cramesnil (French pronunciation: [sɛ̃ vɛ̃sɑ̃ kʁamenil]) is a commune in the Seine-Maritime department in the Normandy region in northern...
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  • three of its seven Tigers, committed to a counter-attack near Saint-Aignan-de-Cramesnil, were destroyed by British Sherman Fireflies, and two more were...
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    Yann Arthus-Bertrand (category Peintres de la Marine)
    Carentoir and Villaines-sous-Bois, nursery schools of Cairanne and Saint-Aignan-de-Cramesnil as well as the Radinghem high school specialised in agriculture)...
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    Michael Wittmann, the 4th top scoring tank ace in history, near Saint-Aignan-de-Cramesnil, France. The regiment was briefly attached to the 51st (Highland)...
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    Olivier V de Clisson the proceeds of four villages of the viscount of Falaise, Boulon, Mutrecy, Saint-Laurent de Condel and Saint- Aignan-de-Cramesnil. Delisle...
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  • by merger of the former communes of Garcelles-Secqueville and Saint-Aignan-de-Cramesnil. Communes of the Calvados department "Répertoire national des...
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    village before continuing north to join Route nationale N158 at Saint-Aignan-de-Cramesnil. The D156A goes south-east from the village to Moulines. The D237...
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  • Saint-Aignan-sur-Ry (French pronunciation: [sɛ̃t‿ɛɲɑ̃ syʁ ʁi], literally Saint-Aignan on Ry) is a commune in the Seine-Maritime department in the Normandy...
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  • Yeomanry, and 1st Battalion Black Watch. The columns were to take Saint-Aignan-de-Cramesnil, about 20 kilometres south of Caen. On 6 and 7 August 1944, Boardman...
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    Rouen (category CS1 German-language sources (de))
    (former École Supérieure de Commerce de Rouen), Unilasalle (agronomy and agriculture), both located at nearby Mont-Saint-Aignan, and the INSA Rouen, ESIGELEC...
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    associated particularly with Camille Saint-Saëns. The city enjoyed Mayoral status at this point and in 1787, the "Maire de Dieppe" was N. Nile. During the...
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    high school, situated in the school complex at Saint-Jacques Guy de Maupassant high school, also at Saint-Jacques 12th – 14th century ruins of the ducal...
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    Le Havre (redirect from Le Havre-de-Grace)
    of: Georges de Scudéry (1601–1667), novelist, dramatist and poet. Madeleine de Scudéry (1607–1701), writer. Jacques-Henri Bernardin de Saint-Pierre (1737–1814)...
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    Saint-Valery-en-Caux (French pronunciation: [sɛ̃ valʁi ɑ̃ ko:], literally Saint-Valery in Caux) is a commune in the Seine-Maritime department in the Normandy...
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    Mérimée: Eglise Saint-Valentin, Ministère français de la Culture. (in French) Base Mérimée: Abbaye de Bénédictins Saint-Pierre ; dite Abbaye de Jumièges, Ministère...
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    Saint-Aubin-lès-Elbeuf (French pronunciation: [sɛ̃.t‿obɛ̃ lɛ.z‿ɛlbœf], literally Saint-Aubin near Elbeuf) is a commune in the Seine-Maritime department...
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    of the D 940, D 11 and D 139 roads. It is located on the coast of the Pays de Caux area. Étretat is best known for its chalk cliffs, including three natural...
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    them on the muddy fields near Azincourt (not the present-day Agincourt) on Saint Crispin's Day, 25 October 1415. The Battle of Agincourt ended in a decisive...
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    Saint-Jouin-Bruneval (French pronunciation: [sɛ̃ ʒwɛ̃ bʁynval]) is a commune in the Seine-Maritime department in the Normandy region in northern France...
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    Saint-Aubin-de-Crétot (French pronunciation: [sɛ̃.t‿obɛ̃ də kʁeto]) is a commune in the Seine-Maritime department in the Normandy region in northern France...
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    Saint-Saire (French pronunciation: [sɛ̃ sɛʁ]) is a commune in the Seine-Maritime department in the Normandy region in north-western France. A village...
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    Aumale (category CS1 German-language sources (de))
    local TER trains. The church of Saints Peter and Paul, dating from the sixteenth century. The sixteenth-century Hôtel de ville (town hall). A seventeenth-century...
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    Joseph Locke, with 27 arches 33m high. The sixteenth century chapel of Saint-Hélier. André Marie, politician (1897–1974) Père Jacques (born Lucien Bunel)...
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