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    Chausey (French pronunciation: [ʃo.zɛ]) is a group of small islands, islets and rocks off the coast of Normandy, in the English Channel. It lies 17 kilometres...
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  • islands includes the Bailiwick of Guernsey, the Bailiwick of Jersey and Chausey. Uninhabited islands, islets and rock formations include the following:...
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    are believed to be from the Old Norse ey (island) and holmr (islet). The Chausey Islands south of Jersey are not generally included in the geographical...
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    1991, twinned with 20 European cities. Administratively, the islands of Chausey, the French Channel Islands, which include a small harbour, are part of...
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    the famous Mont St Michel. Of the Channel Islands, only the island of Chausey forms part of the territory of the department. Manche borders the Normandy...
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    Normandy in respect to the Channel Islands. The Channel Islands (except for Chausey) remain Crown Dependencies of the British Crown in the present era. Thus...
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    Grande-Île is the largest of the islands of Chausey located near the Channel Islands off the coast of Normandy in France. The island is 1.5 kilometres...
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    indented, with several small islands close to the coastline, including Chausey and Mont-Saint-Michel. The Cotentin Peninsula on the French coast juts...
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    populated French islands. List of inhabited islands of Atlantic France: Chausey Grande-Île Mont Saint-Michel (by very high tide) Tombelaine (tidal) Tatihou...
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    Tasmania, Australia Burgh Island, Devon, England Cádiz, Andalucía, Spain Chausey, Manche département, France (two features connecting the main island and...
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  • Channel Islands National Park Channel Islands National Marine Sanctuary Chausey, a group of French islands in the English Channel Channelean, a term referring...
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    claims in 1259 (in the Treaty of Paris), the Channel Islands (except for Chausey under French sovereignty) remain Crown dependencies of the British throne...
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    claims in 1259 (in the Treaty of Paris), the Channel Islands (except for Chausey under French sovereignty) remain Crown dependencies of the British throne...
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  • The action of 15 July 1805 was a small naval action that took place off Chausey, on the coast of Normandy, involving two British gun-brigs on one side...
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  • Falkland Falkland Sound between East Falkland and West Falkland The Sound of Chausey Fehmarn Sound Strelasund Achill Sound, that separates Achill Island from...
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  • Estelas Islets Farilhões-Forcados Islets British Isles Channel Islands Chausey Columbretes Islands Cíes Islands Danish Isles Faroe Islands Norðoyar Formigues...
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    island of Chausey, between Jersey and Saint-Malo. Adelelmus of Flanders was a hermit at Saint-Nicolas in Maine. He joined Bernard on Chausey and under...
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  • Jersey and Guernsey (and the latter's dependencies Alderney and Sark), the Chausey archipelago is situated in the centre. From west to north-east: Saint-Brieuc...
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    analog broadcast television system used in France, Luxembourg, Monaco and Chausey. It was the last system to use positive video modulation and AM sound....
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  •  Nunavut  Canada Chases Lake Winnipesaukee,  New Hampshire  United States Chausey Channel Islands  France Cheduba  Myanmar Chek Lap Kok  Hong Kong  China...
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    region quarries, each of a weight of 350 kg, and with mortar sand from the Chausey Islands, totaling 14000 m³. Before World War II, about 15 trains a day...
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  • been won over by the king of France and placed on the same footing as the Chausey Islands, dependencies of France not differing from the mainland in government...
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    a long barren outcrop (now a bird sanctuary), the lighthouse, the Îles Chausey, Granville on the Normandy coast, and, on a clear day, the outline of Mont...
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    Unwilling to return to his previous post, Bernard fled to the island of Chausey, between Jersey and Saint-Malo, where he braved harsh conditions and lived...
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    local building material. The Channel Islands also share this influence – Chausey was for many years a source of quarried granite, including stone for the...
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  • staying at a hotel in Caen. Filming locations included the islands of Chausey where the majority of the filming took place, a cemetery in Épinay-Champlâtreux...
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    28) 7 February 1797 Thomas Pitcher, Northfleet April 1797 Wrecked on Chausey Islands 30 December 1803 Gallant (ex GB No. 29) 7 February 1797 Thomas...
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    suffix -ey in Jersey, Guernsey (Greneroi), Alderney (Alneroi) and Chausey (Calsoi). Chausey can be compared with Cholsey (GB, Berkshire, Ċeolesiġ 891), interpreted...
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    ribs. On 4 April 1799 Danae captured the 14-gun lugger Sans Quartier, off Chausey. Sans Quartier had a crew of 56 men and though she was pierced for 14 guns...
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    that had been tasked with assisting the invasion, had been seen near the Chausey Islands, situated between the French coast and the Channel Islands. Wallace...
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