Auchy-les-Mines (French pronunciation: [oʃi le min]) is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Hauts-de-France region of France. Until 1926 it...
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Nord-Pas-de-Calais region of France Auchy-la-Montagne, commune in the Oise department in northern France Auchy-les-Mines, commune in the Pas-de-Calais department...
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Nœux-les-Mines (French pronunciation: [nø le min] ) is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Hauts-de-France region of France. Nœux-les-Mines is...
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German 6th Army on the Western Front during the First World War, at Auchy-les-Mines near Loos-en-Gohelle in the Nord-Pas-de-Calais region of France. Named...
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October 1915, at the Hohenzollern Redoubt (Hohenzollernwerk) near Auchy-les-Mines in France. In the aftermath of the Battle of Loos (25 September – 8...
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operate the railway. Additional mines were sunk between 1859 and 1909 in Vermelles, Loos-en-Gohelle, Mazingarbe, Auchy-les-Mines, Annequin, Sains-en-Gohelle...
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Marles-les-Mines (French pronunciation: [maʁl le min]) is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Hauts-de-France region of France. As the name...
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Auchy-lès-Hesdin (French pronunciation: [oʃi lɛz‿edɛ̃], literally Auchy near Hesdin) is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department and Hauts-de-France...
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Bully-les-Mines (French pronunciation: [byli le min]) is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais département in northern France. It forms part of the Lens-Liévin...
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2012 his place of commemoration was moved to the Quarry Cemetery, Auchy-les-Mines, marked by a headstone inscribed with his details and the words "Buried...
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economy of the department was long dependent on mining, primarily the coal mines near the town of Lens, Pas-de-Calais where coal was discovered in 1849....
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Institut de génie informatique et industriel "Répertoire national des élus: les maires". data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises...
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spare their lives. This event is commemorated in The Burghers of Calais (Les Bourgeois de Calais), one of the most famous sculptures by Auguste Rodin...
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Azincourt, not Agincourt, Meurthe-et-Moselle "Répertoire national des élus: les maires" (in French). data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques...
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(62029) Annequin (62034) Annezin (62035) Auchel (62048) Auchy-au-Bois (62049) Auchy-les-Mines (62051) Bajus (62077) Barlin (62083) Béthune (62119) Beugin...
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Sentimental Journey Through France and Italy (1768). In Victor Hugo's novel Les Misérables (1862), Montreuil-sur-Mer is the setting for much of volume I...
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List of World War I memorials and cemeteries in Pas-de-Calais (section Memorial to the 55th (West Lancashire) Division at Givenchy-lès-la-Bassée. "They win or die. Who wear the rose of Lancaster")
Memorial. This monument is situated on the D 941 between Cambrin and Auchy les Mines. The 58e Division d'Infanterie were a Reserve Infantry Division and...
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Saudemont give about the same proportions as to where the mines were located. More than half of the mines were found in the dunes, the airport or the horse racecourse...
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Portus Port of Boulogne-sur-Mer Vieux-Boulogne "Répertoire national des élus: les maires". data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises...
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The ESSM Le Portel is a French basketball club, based in Le Portel. Communes of the Pas-de-Calais department "Répertoire national des élus: les maires"...
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resulted in a very rapid increase of population. Coal was mined here by the Compagnie des mines de Béthune from 1855 until 1946, and by its nationalized...
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area include: Alphaglass Brasserie de Saint-Omer Brasserie Goudale [fr] Les Fromageurs de Saint Omer La Societe des Eaux de Saint Omer Centre Hospitalier...
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Communes of the Pas-de-Calais department "Répertoire national des élus: les maires". data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises...
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when coal mining was abandoned, since it had depended primarily on the mines. The city converted to other industries. While it may not have the same...
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communes: Annequin Auchy-les-Mines Billy-Berclau Cambrin Cuinchy Douvrin Festubert Givenchy-lès-la-Bassée Haisnes Lorgies Noyelles-lès-Vermelles Sailly-Labourse...
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Communes of the Pas-de-Calais department "Répertoire national des élus: les maires". data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises...
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V were later reinforced by Vauban. Elaborate defensive systems such as mines and tunnels were built. In 1550 Wallerand de Hauteclocque, Squire and Lord...
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believed to be farms, were found near the municipalities of Arras, Hamblain-les-Prés and Saint-Pol. The town was later renamed Nemetacum/Atrebatum by the...
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Romane in 2017. The 59 communes as of 2013: Annequin Annezin Auchel Auchy-les-Mines Bajus Barlin Béthune Beugin Beuvry Billy-Berclau Bruay-la-Buissière...
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Aérostat, Le VII Janvier a une heure un quart, traversa le prémier les airs au dessus de Pas-de-Calais, et descendit de trois heures trois quarts dans le lieux...
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