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    Agnez-lès-Duisans is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in northern France. A farming village located 4 miles (6 km) west of Arras, at the D62...
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    only two departments in which the candidate of the Front National, Marine Le Pen, received a majority of the votes cast: 52.06%. There are currently two...
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  • was organized around Beaumetz-les-Loges in the arrondissement of Arras. The altitude varies from 67m (Agnez-lès-Duisans) to 178m (La Herlière) for an...
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    Institut de génie informatique et industriel "Répertoire national des élus: les maires". data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises...
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    Offensive. On 31 August 1914, German light cavalry (Uhlans) arrived in Tilloy-lès-Mofflaines, and an army patrol made a foray into Arras. On 6 September 1914...
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    Tilloy-lès-Mofflaines (French pronunciation: [tilwa mɔflɛn]) is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Hauts-de-France region of France....
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    969 in 1886, a growth of 335.9%; this is because the city of Saint-Pierre-lès-Calais merged with Calais in 1885. According to the INSEE census of 2017...
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    pre-date the extensive fortification of towns in northern France by Sébastien Le Prestre de Vauban in the 17th century. Montreuil-sur-Mer was the headquarters...
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    England), and attractive seaside resorts like Wimereux, Wissant, Hardelot and Le Touquet. The hinterland is mainly rural and agricultural. The city is divided...
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    Azincourt, not Agincourt, Meurthe-et-Moselle "Répertoire national des élus: les maires" (in French). data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques...
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    twentieth century The nineteenth-century chapel of Notre-Dame The Villa 'Les Mauriciens' The Commonwealth War Graves Commission cemetery William Morrison...
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    Moncheaux-lès-Frévent (French pronunciation: [mɔ̃ʃo fʁevɑ̃], literally Moncheaux near Frévent) is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Hauts-de-France...
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    Le Touquet-Paris-Plage (French pronunciation: [lə tukɛ paʁi plaʒ]), commonly referred to as Le Touquet (/lə tʊkeɪ/), is a commune near Étaples, in the...
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    depuis 1968, INSEE Wikimedia Commons has media related to Duisans. Website of the château de Duisans Archived 19 December 2014 at the Wayback Machine (in French)...
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    Fouquières-lès-Lens (French pronunciation: [fukjɛʁ lɑ̃s], literally Fouquières near Lens) is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Hauts-de-France...
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    Boulogne had recently been built northwards along the coast and the Étaples-Le Touquet station was opened in 1848. Traffic was increased when the local railway...
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    indoor fountain with mechanical birds. Guillaume de Machaut, in his poem Le Remede de Fortune, characterized them as "the marvels, the delights, the inventions...
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    Communes of the Pas-de-Calais department "Répertoire national des élus: les maires" (in French). data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques...
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    Barlin. The Melun family succeeded him and one of their lords, nicknamed Le Brun, the king's chamberlain, saw his property confiscated by Duke John the...
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    Communes of the Pas-de-Calais department "Répertoire national des élus: les maires" (in French). data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques...
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    village, originally known as Parc-lès-Hesdin. The municipality was formally recognized in 1670 and on February 8, 1816, Le Parcq also became chef-lieu of...
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    Communes of the Pas-de-Calais department "Répertoire national des élus: les maires". data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises...
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    Omer had also developed in the wetlands outside the city, known locally as le marais, which remains one of the last cultivated marais in France. The Marais...
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    Aérostat, Le VII Janvier a une heure un quart, traversa le prémier les airs au dessus de Pas-de-Calais, et descendit de trois heures trois quarts dans le lieux...
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    kilometres (41 mi) from the Belgian coast, 191 kilometres (119 mi) north of Le Havre, 523 kilometres (325 mi) northeast of Brest, and 231 kilometres (144 mi)...
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    Communes of the Pas-de-Calais department "Répertoire national des élus: les maires" (in French). data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques...
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  • Thumbnail for Avesnes-lès-Bapaume
    Avesnes-lès-Bapaume (French pronunciation: [avɛn bapom], literally Avesnes near Bapaume) is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in northern France...
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    Communes of the Pas-de-Calais department "Répertoire national des élus: les maires". data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises...
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    sheet Liévin, EHESS (in French). Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE "Le jumelage". lievin.fr (in French). Liévin. Retrieved 17 November 2019. Wikimedia...
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    Communes of the Pas-de-Calais department "Répertoire national des élus: les maires" (in French). data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques...
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