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    Bouchain (French pronunciation: [buʃɛ̃] ; West Flemish: Boesem) is a commune in the Nord department in northern France. It lies halfway between Cambrai...
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    Morbecque Château d'Aubry du Hainaut in Aubry-du-Hainaut Château de Bouchain in Bouchain Château de l'Hermitage in Condé-sur-l'Escaut Château de Bailleul...
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    The siege of Bouchain (9 August – 12 September 1711), following the Passage of the Lines of Ne Plus Ultra (5 August 1711), was a siege of the War of the...
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  • quartered Site officiel de la ville de Bouchain Archived March 8, 2009, at the Wayback Machine "Les Amis de Bouchain et de son Musée" Site officiel de la...
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    Scheldt (category Rivers of Nord (French department))
    (Valenciennes) Écaillon (Thiant) Selle (Denain) Torrent d'Esnes Sensée (Bouchain) Hirondelle (..) Erclin (Iwuy) Eauette (Marcoing) Canalisation from Cambrai...
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    Dutch: Waten, meaning "ford" as in "river-crossing") is a commune in the Nord department in northern France. Its inhabitants are called "Wattenais". In...
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  • Pierre François Dumont (category People from Nord (French department))
    Nord department. He was elected to the Chamber of Deputies during the July Monarchy. Pierre François Dumont was born on 12 January 1789 in Bouchain,...
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    The following is a list of the 648 communes of the Nord department of the French Republic. The communes cooperate in the following intercommunalities (as...
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    Croix (French pronunciation: [kʁwa] ; Picard: Crox) is a commune in the Nord department in northern France. It is located northeast of the city of Lille...
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    Comines (French pronunciation: [kɔmin]; Dutch: Komen) is a commune of the Nord department in northern France. The town of Comines sits on the Franco-Belgian...
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    Cassel (French pronunciation: [kasɛl]; Dutch: Kassel) is a commune in the Nord department in northern France. Built on a prominent hill overlooking French...
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    1674 attack on Besançon. He also took part in the sieges of Condé, Bouchain (Nord), Valenciennes, Saint-Omer, Ypres, Kehl, and Strasbourg. He became mestre...
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    Ramillies is a commune in the Nord department in northern France. Communes of the Nord department "Répertoire national des élus: les maires". data.gouv...
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    [maʁli]) is a commune in the Nord department in northern France. It is 3 km (1.9 mi) southeast of Valenciennes. Communes of the Nord department "Répertoire...
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    Poix-du-Nord (French pronunciation: [pwa dy nɔʁ]) is a commune in the Nord department in northern France. Keighley, West Yorkshire, United Kingdom Communes...
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    (French pronunciation: [sɑ̃kuʁ]) is a commune in the Nord department in northern France. Communes of the Nord department "Répertoire national des élus: les maires"...
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    Le Cateau-Cambrésis (category Communes of Nord (French department))
    pronunciation: [lə kato kɑ̃bʁezi], before 1977: Le Cateau) is a commune in the Nord department in northern France. The term Cambrésis indicates that it lies...
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    Loos (French pronunciation: [lɔs]) is a commune in the Nord department in northern France (Hauts-de-France). It is located in the European Metropolis of...
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    Dunkirk-Scheldt Canal (category Buildings and structures in Nord (French department))
    new locks were built, also on the river Scheldt, from the junction at Bouchain to the border. The route is also known as the Liaison 'à grand gabarit'...
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    (French pronunciation: [vik]) is a commune in the Nord department in northern France. Communes of the Nord department "Répertoire national des élus: les maires"...
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    (French pronunciation: [ɔ.ɛ̃] ) is a commune in the Nord department in northern France. Communes of the Nord department "Répertoire national des élus: les maires"...
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    Dunkirk (redirect from Dunkerque, Nord)
    Duinkerken, French: Dunkerque [dœ̃kɛʁk] ) is a commune in the department of Nord in northern France. It lies 10 kilometres (6.2 mi) from the Belgian border...
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    Grande-Synthe (category Communes of Nord (French department))
    [ɡʁɑ̃d sɛ̃t]; West Flemish: Groot-Sinten) is a commune in the Nord department in the Nord-Pas de Calais region in northern France. It is the third-largest...
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    (French pronunciation: [ɛʁɛ̃]) is a commune in the Nord department in northern France. Communes of the Nord department "Répertoire national des élus: les maires"...
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    Tourcoing (category Communes of Nord (French department))
    border. It is designated municipally as a commune within the department of Nord. Located to the north-northeast of Lille, adjacent to Roubaix, Tourcoing...
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    Mortagne-du-Nord (French pronunciation: [mɔʁtaɲ dy nɔʁ]) is a commune in the Nord department in northern France. It lies on the border with Belgium, on...
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    in modern Dutch spelling) is a commune in the Nord department in northern France. Communes of the Nord department "Répertoire national des élus: les maires"...
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  • Thumbnail for Illies, Nord
    (French pronunciation: [ili]) is a commune in the Nord department in northern France. Communes of the Nord department "Répertoire national des élus: les maires"...
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    passes through Lécluse. It crosses the Canal du Nord at Arleux, and joins the canalized Escaut at Bouchain. The average descent is 2.42%. It is 47 km (29 mi)...
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    Battle of Denain (category History of Nord (French department))
    success by leading his army through the lines Ne Plus Ultra and capturing Bouchain, a key fortress in northern France. Marlborough had fallen out of favour...
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