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    Airon-Saint-Vaast is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in northern France. A small village situated some 19 miles (30 km) south of Boulogne-sur-Mer...
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  • into La Louvière Airon-Saint-Vaast, in the Calvados department Aubin-Saint-Vaast, in the Pas-de-Calais department Biache-Saint-Vaast, in the Pas-de-Calais...
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    Biache-Saint-Vaast is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Hauts-de-France region in northern France. A small farming and light industrial...
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    Neuville-Saint-Vaast (French pronunciation: [nøvil sɛ̃ va]) is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Hauts-de-France region of France. It is...
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    Saint-Omer (French pronunciation: [sɛ̃.t‿omɛʁ] ; West Flemish: Sint-Omaars; Picard: Saint-Onmé) is a commune and sub-prefecture of the Pas-de-Calais department...
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    Aubin-Saint-Vaast is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in northern France. The church[citation needed] Communes of Pas-de-Calais "Répertoire national...
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    dedicated to Saint Bertin, Saint Pierre and Saint Médard. Outside the town ramparts were the abbey of Saint Léonard, the church of Saint-Blaise, in the...
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    industrial area, situated in the west of the city, around the harbour. Saint-Pierre (Saint Peter) : former neighborhood of the fishermen, destroyed during World...
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    Affringues Agnez-lès-Duisans Agnières Agny Aire-sur-la-Lys Airon-Notre-Dame Airon-Saint-Vaast Aix-en-Ergny Aix-en-Issart Aix-Noulette Alembon Alette Alincthun...
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    Celtic word nemeton, meaning 'sacred space.'[citation needed] Saint Vedast (or St. Vaast) was the first Catholic bishop in the year 499 and tried to eliminate...
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    northern France. It is situated 12 miles (19 kilometres) north-west of Saint-Pol-sur-Ternoise on the D71 road between Hesdin and Fruges. It is often...
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    reliquary containing the relics of the saint is carried to the calvary at the top of Bavémont hill at Airon-Saint-Vaast. The church of St. Peter, dating from...
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    Affringues Agnez-lès-Duisans Agnières Agny Aire-sur-la-Lys Airon-Notre-Dame Airon-Saint-Vaast Aix-en-Ergny Aix-en-Issart Aix-Noulette Alembon Alette Alincthun...
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    northern France. It was formed on 21 February 1971 by merging Richebourg-Saint-Vaast and Richebourg-l'Avoué. In 1916 it was the site of the Battle of the...
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    progressively filled with silt and peat. Afterwards, canals were cut between Saint-Omer, the trading centre formerly at the head of the estuary, and three...
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    Affringues Agnez-lès-Duisans Agnières Agny Aire-sur-la-Lys Airon-Notre-Dame Airon-Saint-Vaast Aix-en-Ergny Aix-en-Issart Aix-Noulette Alembon Alette Alincthun...
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    Affringues Agnez-lès-Duisans Agnières Agny Aire-sur-la-Lys Airon-Notre-Dame Airon-Saint-Vaast Aix-en-Ergny Aix-en-Issart Aix-Noulette Alembon Alette Alincthun...
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    Écoust-Saint-Mein is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais département in the Hauts-de-France region of France. Écoust-Saint-Mein is a farming village situated...
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    the foundation of a church dedicated to Saint Vaast, it suggests that the village existed long before (St. Vaast lived in the 6th century). By the Middle...
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    Saint-Venant (West Flemish: Papingem) is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department (administrative division) in the Hauts-de-France region of France....
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    The Maison Sainte Marguerite, dated 1630. The fifteenth century church of Saint Martin Since 2007 a local society for the preservation of the Church (APSE)...
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    Chapelle Sainte-Austreberthe A street in Montreuil-sur-Mer Église abbatiale Saint-Saulve Communes of the Pas-de-Calais department "Répertoire national des...
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    Airon-Notre-Dame (French pronunciation: [ɛʁɔ nɔtʁ dam]) is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in northern France. A small village situated about...
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    Affringues Agnez-lès-Duisans Agnières Agny Aire-sur-la-Lys Airon-Notre-Dame Airon-Saint-Vaast Aix-en-Ergny Aix-en-Issart Aix-Noulette Alembon Alette Alincthun...
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    Affringues Agnez-lès-Duisans Agnières Agny Aire-sur-la-Lys Airon-Notre-Dame Airon-Saint-Vaast Aix-en-Ergny Aix-en-Issart Aix-Noulette Alembon Alette Alincthun...
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    located 10 km (6.2 mi) west of Aire-sur-la-Lys and 13 km (8.1 mi) south of Saint-Omer, on the D 157 and D 341 road junction. Located on the river Lys. At...
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    pupils). Le Touquet's schools Antoine de Saint-Exupéry elementary school (1908, expanded 1930) Antoine de Saint-Exupéry elementary school (1908, expanded...
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    pit no. 3, 3 dead 16 March 1957, pit no. 3, 10 dead 27 December 1974, Saint-Amé pit, 42 dead Additionally, a recession in the mining industry began...
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    territory of Barlin was divided into several lordships that depended on Saint-Pol-sur-Ternoise, Arras or Béthune. In 1207, Thomas Hasbare was seigneur...
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    buried here. The German War Graves Commission cemeteries. The church of St. Vaast, dating from the twentieth century. Iserlohn, Germany, since 1967 Communes...
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