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    Nord-Pas-de-Calais (French pronunciation: [nɔʁ pɑ d(ə) kalɛ] ); Picard: Nord-Pas-Calés); is a former administrative region of France. Since 1 January 2016...
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    the territorial reform of French regions in 2014, from a merger of Nord-Pas-de-Calais and Picardy. Its prefecture is Lille. The new region came into existence...
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    Picard: Linse) is a city in the Pas-de-Calais department in northern France. It is one of the main towns of Hauts-de-France along with Lille, Valenciennes...
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    The Nord-Pas-de-Calais Mining Basin is a mining basin in Northern France that stretches across the Nord and Pas-de-Calais departments. The region is famous...
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    (formerly Nord Pas-de-Calais) is a freight ferry owned by Eurotunnel and operated by Naviera Armas. She was built in 1987 by Chantiers du Nord et de la Mediterranee...
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    278 in 2019. The Calais Passage connects to the Port of Calais on the English Channel. The Pas-de-Calais borders the departments of Nord and Somme and is...
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    Nord-Pas-de-Calais is a French beauty pageant which selects a representative for the Miss France national competition from the region of Nord-Pas-de-Calais...
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    TER Nord-Pas-de-Calais was the regional rail network serving Nord-Pas-de-Calais région, France. In 2017 it was merged into the new TER Hauts-de-France...
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    Eve Gilles (category University of Lille Nord de France alumni)
    She had previously been crowned Miss Nord-Pas-de-Calais 2023 and is the fourth woman from Nord-Pas-de-Calais to win Miss France. Due to her pixie cut...
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    The Nord-Pas-de-Calais cuisine is a French regional cuisine, whose specialties are largely inherited from the county of Flanders. The region has always...
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    Calais (UK: /ˈkæleɪ/ KAL-ay, US: /kæˈleɪ/ kal-AY, traditionally /ˈkælɪs/ KAL-iss, French: [kalɛ] ) is a port city in the Pas-de-Calais department, of which...
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    relocating with her family to the town of Ferques in the Pas-de-Calais department of Nord-Pas-de-Calais. Her father is a gendarme, while her mother is a childcare...
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    list of châteaux in Nord-Pas-de-Calais, France. Château de Potelle in Potelle Château de Rametz in Saint-Waast-la-Vallée Château de Trélon in Trélon Château...
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    Appellation d'origine contrôlée, Pas de Calais/Region du Nord. Some of the better known brands include Brasserie de Saint-Sylvestre, Trois Monts (8.5%abv)...
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    sub-prefecture of the Pas-de-Calais department in France. It is 68 km (42 mi) west-northwest of Lille on the railway to Calais, and is located in the...
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  • de France preliminary rounds, Picardie and Nord-Pas de Calais made up the qualifying competition to decide which teams from the Picardie and Nord-Pas...
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  • The culture of Nord-Pas-de-Calais is a component of French culture where multiple influences intertwine. The region has always been a crossroads of Europe...
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    Iris Mittenaere (category University of Lille Nord de France alumni)
    Mittenaere had previously been crowned Miss France 2016 and Miss Nord-Pas-de-Calais 2015. Mittenaere was born on 25 January 1993 in Lille, to Yves Mittenaere...
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    original on 3 March 2016. Retrieved 6 July 2017. Wytteman, JP, ed. (1988). Le Nord de la préhistoire à nos jours (in French). Bordessoules. p. 260. The Culinary...
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    pronunciation: [kʁwazij] ) is a village and commune in the Pas-de-Calais department of the Hauts-de-France region of France. A small farming village located...
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    Elections of Nord-Pas-de-Calais-Picardie were held on 6 and 13 December 2015. At stake were the Regional Council of Nord-Pas-de-Calais-Picardie. These...
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    Great Britain and Benelux and for inter-regional trips between the Nord (Pas de Calais) region and the southeast and southwest of France. Its route is twinned...
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    16 December 2023 at the Zénith de Dijon in Dijon. Indira Ampiot of Guadeloupe crowned Eve Gilles of Nord Pas-de-Calais as her successor at the end of...
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    She had previously been crowned Miss Nord-Pas-de-Calais 2023, and is the fourth woman from Nord Pas-de-Calais to win the title. The Miss France was first...
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    carried passengers and freight, and one dedicated freight ship, the MS Nord Pas-de-Calais. It was formed following the liquidation of SeaFrance. MyFerryLink...
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    Arras (category Communes of Pas-de-Calais)
    the Pas-de-Calais department, which forms part of the region of Hauts-de-France; before the reorganization of 2014 it was in Nord-Pas-de-Calais. The...
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  • The 1941 Nord-Pas-de-Calais miners' strike, also known as the patriotic strike of the 100,000 miners of Nord-Pas-de-Calais or the 10-day strike, lasted...
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    to the Dunkirk-Scheldt Canal, crossing the regions of Picardy and Nord-Pas-de-Calais. The 107-kilometre-long canal will connect the Seine and Scheldt rivers...
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    Bière de Garde ("beer for keeping") is a strong pale ale or keeping beer traditionally brewed in the Nord-Pas-de-Calais region of France. These beers...
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  • This list of castles in Nord-Pas-de-Calais is a list of medieval castles or château forts in the region in northern France. Links in italics are links...
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