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    Compiégnois. Compiègne is the seat of two cantons: Compiègne-1 (with 19 communes and part of Compiègne) Compiègne-2 (with 16 communes and part of Compiègne) 665...
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    year. Also known as the Armistice of Compiègne (French: Armistice de Compiègne, German: Waffenstillstand von Compiègne) from the place where it was officially...
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    referred to as the Second Armistice at Compiègne, was an agreement signed at 18:36 on 22 June 1940 near Compiègne, France by officials of Nazi Germany and...
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    The Forest of Compiègne (French: Forêt de Compiègne, French pronunciation: [fɔʁɛ də kɔ̃pjɛɲ]) is a large forest in the region of Picardy, France, near...
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    The Martyrs of Compiègne were the 16 members of the Carmel of Compiègne, France: 11 Discalced Carmelite nuns, three lay sisters, and two externs (or tertiaries)...
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    The Compiègne Wagon was the train carriage in which both the Armistice of 11 November 1918 and Armistice of 22 June 1940 were signed. Before the 1918...
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    Compiègne station (French: Gare de Compiègne) is a railway station serving Compiègne, in the Oise department of northern France. The station is on the...
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    Margny-lès-Compiègne (French pronunciation: [maʁɲi lɛ kɔ̃pjɛɲ], literally Margny near Compiègne) is a commune in the Oise department in northern France...
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    2.83111 The Château de Compiègne is a French château, a royal residence built for Louis XV and restored by Napoleon. Compiègne was one of three seats...
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    The siege of Compiègne (1430) was conducted by Duke Philip III of Burgundy after the town of Compiègne had refused to transfer allegiance to him under...
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    museum in Compiègne (French: Musée national de la voiture et du tourisme) is an automobile museum located in the left wing of the Château de Compiègne, in the...
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    her. In early 1430, Joan organized a company of volunteers to relieve Compiègne, which had been besieged by the Burgundians—French allies of the English...
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    cantons of the arrondissement of Compiègne were, as of January 2015: Attichy Compiègne-Nord Compiègne-Sud-Est Compiègne-Sud-Ouest Estrées-Saint-Denis Guiscard...
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    Théâtre Impérial de Compiègne is a theater in Compiègne, France. The Emperor Napoleon III decided to construct a theater in Compiègne to entertain his court...
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  • The Battle of Compiègne was fought on 26 September 715 and was the first definite battle of the civil war which followed the death of Pepin of Heristal...
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    Chancellor Angela Merkel visited the site of the signing of the Armistice of Compiègne and unveiled a plaque to reconciliation. ... "Strange, friend," I said...
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  • attached to the cathedral of Chartres and became canon of Compiègne. As a monk of Compiègne, he was teaching as early as 1087. He had contact with Lanfranc...
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    The Royallieu-Compiègne was an internment and deportation camp located in the north of France in the city of Compiègne, open from June 1941 to August 1944...
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  • Région de Compiègne et de la Basse Automne is the communauté d'agglomération, an intercommunal structure, centred on the city of Compiègne. It is located...
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    Herbermann, Charles, ed. (1913). "The Sixteen Blessed Teresian Martyrs of Compiègne" . Catholic Encyclopedia. New York: Robert Appleton Company. Collins,...
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    The Edict of Compiègne (French: Édit de Compiègne), issued from his Château de Compiègne by Henry II of France, 24 July 1557, applied the death penalty...
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  • Walter of Compiègne was a French poet who lived in the middle of the 12th century and was a monk at Saint Martin's at Tours. He composed a Latin biography...
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    de cour, entre faste et élégance, Compiègne/Paris, RMN-Grand Palais, 2016, Catalogue of the exhibitions of Compiègne, Friburg and Houston, pp. 164-165...
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  • By the Treaty of Compiègne in August 867, King Charles the Bald ceded the peninsula of Cotentin to King Salomon of Brittany. Though not specified in the...
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    known as Charlotte of the Resurrection is the oldest of the martyrs of Compiègne, who were executed by guillotine in Paris during the reign of terror....
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    The Treaty of Compiègne, signed on 10 June 1624, was a mutual defence alliance between the Kingdom of France and the Dutch Republic, for an initial period...
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    L'Association Football Club de Compiègne or AFC Compiègne is a French football club based in the commune of Compiègne. As of the 2022–23 season, they play...
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  • and traditionally attributed to the medieval philosopher Roscelin of Compiègne flectere si nequeo superos, Acheronta movebo if I can not reach Heaven...
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    her ladies in waiting. Senlis, the town, is between Compiègne and Paris. Work by Jean de Compiègne was recorded in French in Mary's wardrobe account by...
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    Claude-François-Xavier Mercier de Compiègne (1763–1800) was a French writer and translator. Works by Claude-François-Xavier Mercier de Compiègne at Project Gutenberg...
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