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    created the Hardelot company. Whitley had already owned Hardelot castle since 1897, and was one of the promoters of Le Touquet-Paris-Plage. He wanted to...
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    partnership with Allen Stoneham, he developed Touquet-Paris-Plage and created Hardelot-Plage. He was a brother-in-law of pioneering French cinematographer...
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    Le Touquet (redirect from Paris-Plage)
    Le Touquet-Paris-Plage (French pronunciation: [lə tukɛ paʁi plaʒ], Picard: Ech Toutchet-Paris-Plache), commonly referred to as Le Touquet (/lə tʊkeɪ/)...
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    Berck Le Touquet-Paris-Plage Sainte-Cécile-Plage Hardelot-Plage Équihen-Plage Wimereux Audresselles Ambleteuse Wissant Blériot-Plage Bray-Dunes From south...
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    Équihen-Plage (French pronunciation: [ekiɛ̃ plaʒ] ; West Flemish: Ekingem) is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Hauts-de-France region...
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    Cucq (redirect from Stella Plage)
    Cucq (French pronunciation: [kyk]; unofficially also: Cucq-Trépied-Stella-Plage; West Flemish: Kuuk) is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in the...
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    Oye-Plage (French pronunciation: [wa plaʒ]; West Flemish: Ooie) is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Hauts-de-France region of France....
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    across the English Channel: was Harriet Quimby, who flew from Dover to Hardelot-Plage on April 16, 1912. First airplane flight across the Irish Sea: was made...
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    group would be landed on one of the target beaches at Neufchâtel-Hardelot, Stella Plage, Berck and Le Touquet. They were to spend no more than 80 minutes...
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    (62560) Menneville (62566) Nabringhen (62599) Nesles (62603) Neufchâtel-Hardelot (62604) Offrethun (62636) Outreau (62643) Pernes-lès-Boulogne (62653) Pittefaux...
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    Camiers (redirect from Plage-Ste-Cecile)
    Camiers mill Saint Gabriel Plage. Location of the Grand Hôtel, which was destroyed by the sea in 1912. Sainte Cécile Plage. Most visitors go there for...
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    Conteville-lès-Boulogne Dannes Echinghen Équihen-Plage Hesdigneul-lès-Boulogne Hesdin-l'Abbé Isques Nesles Neufchâtel-Hardelot Outreau Pernes-lès-Boulogne Pittefaux...
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    narrow-gauge line running northwards through the dunes from Berck Plage to Paris-Plage, as Le Touquet was then known. It was built in stages via Merlimont...
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    11 communes: Condette Dannes Équihen-Plage Hesdigneul-lès-Boulogne Hesdin-l'Abbé Isques Nesles Neufchâtel-Hardelot Outreau Saint-Étienne-au-Mont Saint-Léonard...
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    Enquin-lez-Guinegatte Enquin-sur-Baillons Éperlecques Épinoy Eps Équihen-Plage Équirre Ergny Érin Erny-Saint-Julien Ervillers Escalles Escœuilles Esquerdes...
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    France to England), and attractive seaside resorts like Wimereux, Wissant, Hardelot and Le Touquet. The hinterland is mainly rural and agricultural. The city...
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    Portelois (in French) Web site on the history of Le Portel Plage (in French) Le Portel Plage Statue of the Madonna The beach and in the distance, Fort...
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    de repos des Falaises de Widehem  27  RD308, Neufchâtel-Hardelot RD308, Neufchâtel-Hardelot  28  Boulogne sud RN1, Boulogne-sur-Mer, Hesdin-l'Abbé, Isques...
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    Muncq-Nieurlet Nabringhen Nédon Nédonchel Nempont-Saint-Firmin Nesles Neufchâtel-Hardelot Neulette Neuve-Chapelle Neuville-au-Cornet Neuville-Bourjonval Neuville-Saint-Vaast...
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    Muncq-Nieurlet Nabringhen Nédon Nédonchel Nempont-Saint-Firmin Nesles Neufchâtel-Hardelot Neulette Neuve-Chapelle Neuville-au-Cornet Neuville-Bourjonval Neuville-Saint-Vaast...
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    Fontinettes Fort-Nieulay Gambetta Nouvelle-France Mi-voix Petit Courgain Plage Pont-du-Leu Saint-Pierre Changes in the number of inhabitants is known throughout...
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    beaches at low tide (Calais, Hardelot, La Panne, Quend, Audresselles etc.). The Blériot firm coined the name "aéroplage" (plage is the French for beach) and...
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    Le Portel: beach with view on the Heurt Fort Hardelot Castle Condette:Mirrors Lake, around the Hardelot Castle Jones, David K. C. (1999-01-01). "On the...
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    Enquin-lez-Guinegatte Enquin-sur-Baillons Éperlecques Épinoy Eps Équihen-Plage Équirre Ergny Érin Erny-Saint-Julien Ervillers Escalles Escœuilles Esquerdes...
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    Enquin-lez-Guinegatte Enquin-sur-Baillons Éperlecques Épinoy Eps Équihen-Plage Équirre Ergny Érin Erny-Saint-Julien Ervillers Escalles Escœuilles Esquerdes...
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    Enquin-lez-Guinegatte Enquin-sur-Baillons Éperlecques Épinoy Eps Équihen-Plage Équirre Ergny Érin Erny-Saint-Julien Ervillers Escalles Escœuilles Esquerdes...
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    Enquin-lez-Guinegatte Enquin-sur-Baillons Éperlecques Épinoy Eps Équihen-Plage Équirre Ergny Érin Erny-Saint-Julien Ervillers Escalles Escœuilles Esquerdes...
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    Enquin-lez-Guinegatte Enquin-sur-Baillons Éperlecques Épinoy Eps Équihen-Plage Équirre Ergny Érin Erny-Saint-Julien Ervillers Escalles Escœuilles Esquerdes...
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    Enquin-lez-Guinegatte Enquin-sur-Baillons Éperlecques Épinoy Eps Équihen-Plage Équirre Ergny Érin Erny-Saint-Julien Ervillers Escalles Escœuilles Esquerdes...
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    Muncq-Nieurlet Nabringhen Nédon Nédonchel Nempont-Saint-Firmin Nesles Neufchâtel-Hardelot Neulette Neuve-Chapelle Neuville-au-Cornet Neuville-Bourjonval Neuville-Saint-Vaast...
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