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    Saint-Valery-sur-Somme (French pronunciation: [sɛ̃ valʁi syʁ sɔm], literally Saint-Valery on Somme; Picard: Saint-Wary), commune in the Somme department...
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    fleet of William the Conqueror assembled in the Bay of the Somme, at Saint-Valery-sur-Somme. The river also featured in the 1346 withdrawal of Edward III...
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    63056°E / 50.18889; 1.63056 The Canton of Saint-Valery-sur-Somme is a former canton situated in the Somme department of northern France. It was disbanded...
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    Canal de la Somme is a canal in northern France. Its total length is 156.4 km with 25 locks, from the English Channel at Saint-Valéry-sur-Somme to the Canal...
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    of Somme View of Mers-les-Bains Amiens Château de Rambures Chapel in Saint-Valery-sur-Somme Cantons of the Somme department Communes of the Somme department...
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    Vaux-sur-Somme (French pronunciation: [vo syʁ sɔm], literally Vaux on Somme; Picard: Veux-su-Sonme) is a commune in the Somme department in Hauts-de-France...
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    Walaric (redirect from Saint Valery)
    Saint Walaric, modern French Valery (died 620), was a Frankish monk turned hermit who founded the abbey of Saint-Valery-sur-Somme [fr]. His cult was recognized...
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    largest towns on the bay are Saint-Valery-sur-Somme, Le Crotoy, Cayeux-sur-Mer and, a few miles inland of the bay, Noyelles-sur-Mer. Other smaller towns such...
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    between the towns of the Baie de Somme area: Le Crotoy and Cayeux-sur-Mer via Noyelles-sur-Mer and Saint-Valery-sur-Somme, on metre gauge tracks (formerly...
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  • great-grandson of Richard II, Duke of Normandy. Walter hailed from Saint Valery-sur-Somme in Flanders, from which William sailed in 1066. Following the Norman...
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    tourist line of the Somme Bay Railway linking Le Crotoy - Noyelles-sur-Mer - Saint-Valery-sur-Somme and Cayeux-sur-Mer. Cayeux-sur-Mer-Brighton-Plage station...
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    Fernande Barrey (category People from Saint-Valery-sur-Somme)
    Fernande Barrey (9 January 1893 in Saint-Valery-sur-Somme – 14 July 1960 in Paris) was a French artist model and painter. Fernande Barrey left her native...
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    by the Chemin de Fer de la Baie de Somme heritage railway trains to Le Crotoy, Saint-Valery-sur-Somme and Cayeux-sur-Mer. Noyelles station opened in 1845...
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  • Fer de la Baie de Somme, which formed part of the Réseau des Bains de Mer system. A dual gauge line goes to Saint-Valery-sur-Somme, and a metre gauge...
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    Le Crotoy (category Communes of Somme (department))
    bay, this railway connects Le Crotoy with Noyelles-sur-Mer, Saint-Valery-sur-Somme, and Cayeux-sur-Mer and the sands at Brighton Plage. Main line trains...
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    Tobeen (Bordeaux, July 20, 1880 - Saint-Valery-sur-Somme, March 1938) is the pseudonym of the French artist Félix Bonnet. Tobeen stayed frequently in the...
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    the succession crisis in England. William mustered his forces at Saint-Valery-sur-Somme, and was ready to cross the English Channel by about 12 August....
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  • Revolutionary Wars and Napoleonic Wars. He was born in Saint-Valery-sur-Somme, a small commune in the Somme department of France, sometime in November of 1759...
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    ships sank in storms, which forced the fleet to take shelter at Saint-Valery-sur-Somme and to wait for the wind to change. On 27 September the Norman fleet...
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    contingents from Brittany and Flanders. He mustered his forces at Saint-Valery-sur-Somme and was ready to cross the Channel by about 12 August. The exact...
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  • Mons-Boubert Pendé Saigneville Saint-Blimont Saint-Valery-sur-Somme Vaudricourt Communes of the Somme department CC de la Baie de Somme Sud (N° SIREN : 248000663)...
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    Y (French pronunciation: [i] ee) is a commune in the Somme department in Hauts-de-France in northern France. Y bears the shortest place name in France...
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  • Abbeville Albert Doullens La Chaussée-Tirancourt Saint-Valery-sur-Somme Villers-Bretonneux Baie de Somme Amiens Amiens Seine-Maritime 5 July 2024 (day 49):...
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    William, Duke of Normandy, assembles a fleet (around 700 warships) at Saint-Valery-sur-Somme, in readiness for an invasion of England. December 30 – Granada...
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    Jumièges states it was built at Saint-Valery-sur-Somme – both agree that it eventually sailed from Valery-sur-Somme. The fleet carried an invasion force...
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    Tréport and Saint-Valery-sur-Somme. At its most developed, it extended from Fécamp to Calais including such places as Dieppe, Boulogne-sur-Mer and Étaples...
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    Saint-Valery-sur-Somme. The monk evangelist Saint Valery healed Blimond around 615, who succeeded him as head of the abbey at Saint-Valery-sur-Somme....
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    Granville Coghlan was born in Battle and later became a schoolmaster. Saint-Valery-sur-Somme, France Wikimedia Commons has media related to Battle, East Sussex...
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  • Square René-Tamarelle, Bihorel, France William the Conqueror stele - Saint-Valery-sur-Somme, France Commemorative plaque of the Mora (1966) bronze plaque -...
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    currently offers holiday cruises on the river Somme (Canal de la Somme), between Saint-Valéry-sur-Somme and Péronnes. She is the only hotel barge operating...
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