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    Poperinge (Dutch pronunciation: [ˈpoːpəˌrɪŋə] ; French: Poperinghe, Poperingue [pɔpʁɛ̃ɡ]; West Flemish: Poperienge) is a city and municipality located...
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    derivation associates "poplin" with products of the cloth industry of Poperinge in Flanders in present-day Belgium. The most common usage of poplin until...
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    of them between Poperinge and the Mont. The German 6th Panzer Division could probably have destroyed the 44th Division at Poperinge on 29 May, thereby...
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    town of Poperinge in Belgium. Sitting a few miles back from the trenches around Ypres (nowadays known by its Flemish name Ieper), Poperinge (or "Pops"...
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    rural municipality, located between the small urban centres of Ypres and Poperinge and the metropolitan area of Kortrijk-Lille along the E17. On 1 January...
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    Dirk Frimout (category People from Poperinge)
    Dirk Dries David Damiaan, Viscount Frimout (born 21 March 1941 in Poperinge, Belgium) is an astrophysicist for the European Space Agency. He flew aboard...
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    Kortrijk to Poperinge run by NMBS, Belgian railway line 69. The station is served by the following services: Intercity services (IC-04) Poperinge - Kortrijk...
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  • house of Worksop College, England. Toc H, nickname for Talbot House, in Poperinge, Belgium; set up by Chaplains Tubby Clayton and Neville Talbot in 1915...
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    Hooverphonic from 1997 until 2008 and again since 2020. Geike was born in Poperinge and grew up in Westouter, a town that is close to the French border. From...
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  • Willy Sansen Born (1943-05-16) May 16, 1943 (age 80) Poperinge Died April 25, 2024(2024-04-25) (aged 80) Leuven, Belgium Nationality Belgian Occupation(s)...
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    British Commonwealth War Graves Commission Cemetery 1 Poperinge Poperinghe Old Military Cemetery 1 Poperinge Poperinghe New Military Cemetery 1 Proven Mendinghem...
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  • M. (1980). 2000 jaar gewichten in de nederlanden (in Dutch). Lochem-Poperinge: De Tijdstroom. ISBN 9060879651. (in Dutch) "Guide to The Hague – Where...
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    (city) 43. Oostkamp 44. Oostrozebeke 45. Oudenburg (city) 46. Pittem 47. Poperinge (city) 48. Roeselare (city) 49. Ruiselede 50. Spiere-Helkijn 51. Staden...
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    Thomas Blondeau (June 21, 1978 in Poperinge – October 20, 2013 in Poperinge) was a Flemish writer, poet and journalist. He studied literature at the University...
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    Intercity services (IC-04) Antwerp – Sint-Niklaas – Gent – Kortrijk – Poperinge/Lille Intercity services (IC-05) Antwerp – Mechelen – Brussels – Nivelles...
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    This is a list of varieties of hop (Humulus lupulus). As there are male and female plants, the flowers (cones) of the female plant are fertilized by the...
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  • Tournai  Hainaut 17,152 1825 Philippeville Philippeville Namur 9,239 1825 Poperinge Ypres  West Flanders 19,735 1825 1147 Rochefort Dinant Namur 12,599 1985...
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    Nieuwpoort Veurne Ypres Heuvelland Ieper/Ypres Langemark-Poelkapelle Mesen Poperinge Vleteren Wervik Zonnebeke Bold indicates cities Italic indicates Municipalities...
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    chaplain Neville Talbot opened "Talbot House", a rest house for soldiers at Poperinge, Belgium. It became known as Toc H, this being signal terminology for...
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    Ray Cokes Ray Cokes, Poperinge, Belgium, 2011 Born Raymond Christopher Cokes (1958-02-24) 24 February 1958 (age 66) Isle of Wight, England Occupations...
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  • 10 June, the band performed at the prestigious Heavy Sound Festival in Poperinge, Belgium. Beside Mercyful Fate, the bill also featured Motörhead, Twisted...
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  • action at Poperinge on 6 June 1918 while serving with his regiment's 1st Battalion and was buried in Nine Elms British Cemetery, west of Poperinge. His eldest...
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    Brussels, organized by the Brewer's association. Karakterbieren Festival in Poperinge, Belgium's hop-growing capital. The Beer Passion weekend held each July...
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    of Vleteren) k. Krombeke (city of Poperinge) l. Proven (city of Poperinge) m. Roesbrugge-Haringe (city of Poperinge) n. Bambecque (France) o. Oost-Cappel...
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    commemorated by name on memorials "World Lijssenthoek Military Cemetery, Poperinge, Ypres Salient Battlefields, Belgium (The Chinese Labour Corps was used...
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    connections to Brugge Centraal (Bruges), Brussel Zuid, Antwerp, Ghent, Poperinge and Ieper (Ypres), Oudenaarde, other Belgian towns and Lille in France...
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    June 2009. Vandamme, Erik. "Heavy Sound Festival -Benefit 2 -De router (Poperinge) – Preview – 9/11/2013". Snoozecontrol.be. Retrieved 14 July 2018. "Original...
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    000 yd (730–910 m) wide and devoid of cover. The main road to Ypres from Poperinge to Vlamertinge is in a defile, easily observed from the ridge. Roads in...
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    a highly hopped beer, using 8–9 g/L of the locally grown 'Aalst' or 'Poperinge' varieties. Modern lambic brewers, however, try to avoid making the beer...
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    Nieuwpoort Veurne Ypres Heuvelland Ieper/Ypres Langemark-Poelkapelle Mesen Poperinge Vleteren Wervik Zonnebeke Bold indicates cities Italic indicates Municipalities...
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