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    Pont-à-Marcq (French pronunciation: [pɔ̃.t‿a maʁk]) is a commune in the Nord department in northern France. It is the seat of the Communauté de communes...
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    Lille-Nord-Est Lille-Ouest Lille-Sud Lille-Sud-Est Lille-Sud-Ouest Lomme Marcq-en-Barœul Pont-à-Marcq Quesnoy-sur-Deûle Roubaix-Centre Roubaix-Est Roubaix-Nord Roubaix-Ouest...
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    Battle of Tourcoing (category Wikipedia articles incorporating a citation from the 1911 Encyclopaedia Britannica with Wikisource reference)
    soldiers were posted at Pont-à-Marcq. Bonnaud's men bivouacked at Sainghin-en-Mélantois with detachments at Lannoy and Pont-à-Tressin. Souham's and Moreau's...
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    Flemish cuisine; perhaps one of the best known dishes is coq à la bière – chicken in a creamy beer sauce. In June 1792 the French astronomers Jean Baptiste...
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  • the merger of several former communautés de communes. Its seat is in Pont-à-Marcq. Its area is 310.3 km2, and its population was 95,816 in 2018. The Communauté...
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    Lille (category Wikipedia articles incorporating a citation from the 1911 Encyclopaedia Britannica with Wikisource reference)
    catégorie socioprofessionnelle et la position vis à vis de l'emploi par commune et département (1968 à 1999)" (ZIP) (in French). INSEE. 2020. Retrieved...
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    Lille. It flows northwards through the towns of Pont-à-Marcq, Tressin, Villeneuve d'Ascq, Croix and Marcq-en-Barœul, finally flowing into the Deûle in Marquette-lez-Lille...
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    Douai (category Wikipedia articles incorporating a citation from the 1911 Encyclopaedia Britannica with Wikisource reference)
    formerly spelled Douay or Doway in English) is a city in the Nord département in northern France. It is a sub-prefecture of the department. Located on the...
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    Chez Osmont, à l'Olivier, Huart l'aîné, a la Justice, Clousier, à l'Ecu de France, Hourdel, David le jeune, à l'Esperance, Chaubert, à la Renommée &...
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    Marcq-en-Barœul (French pronunciation: [maʁkɑ̃ baʁœl]; Picard: Marke-in-Bareul; older Dutch: Marke) is a commune in the Nord department in the Hauts-de-France...
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    (Science and Technology); and "Pont de Bois" (Social sciences, Humanities, Literature and Arts). Those two campuses count a half of the Community of Universities...
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    Gravelines (category Wikipedia articles incorporating a citation from EB9)
    November 2017. Retrieved 10 November 2017. "OVH investit 180 millions d'euros à Gravelines et recrute 500 personnes". LeMagIT (in French). Archived from the...
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  • The G.P. de Pont à Marcq-La Ronde Pévèloise wass a road bicycle race held annually in France from 2010 to 2014. It was organized as a 1.2 event on the...
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    11 July 1816) was a French sculptor. A native of Pont-à-Marcq, Nord, he died in Paris. His art is neoclassical in style; he worked a great deal in stone...
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    Fournes-en-Weppes (French pronunciation: [fuʁn ɑ̃ wɛp]) is a commune in the Nord department in northern France. It is part of the Métropole Européenne...
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    2010). "From popular to unpopular education? The open-air school(s) of "Pont- Rouge", Roubaix (1921–1978)". History of Education & Children's Literature...
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    Legion club, a village hall, two village greens, a children's play park and a football field. Kingham is twinned with the village of Pont-à-Marcq near Lille...
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  • Timeline of Lille (category Wikipedia articles incorporating a citation from the 1911 Encyclopaedia Britannica with Wikisource reference)
    construction begins. 1692 - Porte de Paris (Lille) [fr] (gate) constructed. 1701 Pont-Neuf built. Church of Saint-André, Lille [fr] construction begins. 1708 -...
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    24 August 2014. "3 Questions a Maxime Piquette". City of Roubaix. Hamon-Beugin, Valentin. "Ausha, une start-up française à la conquête du marché des podcasts"...
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    Cambrai (category Wikipedia articles incorporating a citation from the ODNB)
    jour à Cambrai (Nord)". phil-ouest.com de Bernard Le Lann. 25 February 2009. "Oblitération illustrée 1er jour à Paris (Musée des Arts et Métiers), à Blériot-Plage...
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  • Mérignies Moncheaux Mons-en-Pévèle Mouchin La Neuville Péronne-en-Mélantois Pont-à-Marcq Sainghin-en-Mélantois Templeuve-en-Pévèle Thumeries Tourmignies Tressin...
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    Maubeuge (redirect from A-88 Maubeuge)
    department Un clair de lune à Maubeuge http://www.lonesentry.com/gi_stories_booklets/1stinfantry/  This article incorporates text from a publication now in the...
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    Cateau-Cambrésis (French pronunciation: [lə kato kɑ̃bʁezi], before 1977: Le Cateau) is a commune in the Nord department in northern France. The term Cambrésis indicates...
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    Grande-Synthe (French pronunciation: [ɡʁɑ̃d sɛ̃t]; West Flemish: Groot-Sinten) is a commune in the Nord department in the Nord-Pas de Calais region in northern...
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    pronunciation: [aʁmɑ̃tjɛʁ]; West Flemish: Armentiers, Picard: Armintîre) is a commune in the Nord department in the Hauts-de-France region in northern France...
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    pronunciation: [kasɛl]; Dutch: Kassel) is a commune in the Nord department in northern France. Built on a prominent hill overlooking French Flanders...
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    Broekburg) is a commune in the Nord department in northern France. It is situated in the maritime plain of northern France, in the middle of a triangle formed...
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    pronunciation: [wat]; Dutch: Waten, meaning "ford" as in "river-crossing") is a commune in the Nord department in northern France. Its inhabitants are called...
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    Bailleul (French pronunciation: [bajœl] ; Belle in Dutch) is a commune in the Nord department in northern France. It is located in French Flanders, 3 km...
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    pronunciation: [bɛʁɡ]; Dutch: Sint-Winoksbergen; West Flemish: Bergn) is a commune in the Nord department in northern France. It is situated 9 kilometres...
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