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    Avesnes-le-Comte (French pronunciation: [avɛn lə kɔ̃t]; Picard: Avesne-el-Comte) is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in northern France. A small...
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    The Canton of Avesnes-le-Comte is a canton situated in the department of the Pas-de-Calais and in the Hauts-de-France region of northern France. The canton...
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  • Auxi-le-Château Avesnes-le-Comte Avion Bapaume Berck Béthune Beuvry Boulogne-sur-Mer-1 Boulogne-sur-Mer-2 Brebières Bruay-la-Buissière Bully-les-Mines...
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  • Seine-Maritime Avesnes-le-Comte, département Pas-de-Calais Avesnes-les-Aubert, département Nord Avesnes-lès-Bapaume, département Pas-de-Calais Avesnes-le-Sec, département...
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  • March 2015. It consisted of 25 communes, which joined the canton of Avesnes-le-Comte in 2015. It had a total of 7,678 inhabitants (2012). The canton is...
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    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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    Villars formed against each other in line of battle, this time along the Avesnes-le-Comte–Arras sector of the Lines of Ne Plus Ultra. Expecting another onslaught...
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    Porte des Vallées and Les Deux Sources. Its area is 553.8 km2, and its population was 33,193 in 2018. Its seat is in Avesnes-le-Comte. The communauté de...
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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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    War I. Theatres and cultural centres include Le théâtre municipal, Le Centre Culturel Gérard Philipe, Le Conservatoire à rayonnement départemental (CRD)...
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    Avesnes (French pronunciation: [avɛn]) is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in northern France. The commune is a very small village situated some...
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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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    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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    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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  • 6673 when the aircraft's wings collapsed over Avesnes-le-Comte. He was buried at the Avesnes-le-Comte Communal Cemetery Extension. His elder brother...
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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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    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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    destroyed by Germanic invaders. In 428, the Salian Franks led by Clodion le Chevelu took control of the region including the current Somme department...
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    Courcelles-le-Comte (French pronunciation: [kuʁsɛl lə kɔ̃t]; Picard: Courchelle-Comte) is a commune in the department of Pas-de-Calais, France. Courcelles-le-Comte...
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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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    de Ligne 1856–1871, Nicolas Antoine Delaby 1871–1878, Alexandre-Procope Comte Jonglez de Ligne 1879–1892, Louis Schmidt 1892, Félix Pamart 1893–1905,...
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    Aubrometz (62047) Aumerval (62058) Auxi-le-Château (62060) Averdoingt (62061) Avesnes-le-Comte (62063) Avesnes-lès-Bapaume (62064) Ayette (62068) Bailleul-aux-Cornailles...
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    Champien was in the hands of the Germans. They were ordered to move to Avesnes-le-Comte and establish an airdrome there. Once arrived, they spent the night...
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  • villages some fifty miles east of Paris. It had passed from the sires of Avesnes, to the Counts of St. Pol. When Marie de Luxembourg-St. Pol wed François...
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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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    heavy casualties and anger at their losses allegedly played a role in the Le Paradis massacre on 27 May, when 97 members of the Royal Norfolk Regiment...
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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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    Le Portel (French pronunciation: [lə pɔʁtɛl]; West Flemish: Turbodingem) is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Hauts-de-France region of...
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    Haute-Avesnes (French pronunciation: [ot avɛn]) is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Hauts-de-France region of France. Haute-Avesnes is situated...
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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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