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    Loos (French pronunciation: [lɔs]) is a commune in the Nord department in northern France (Hauts-de-France). It is located in the European Metropolis...
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  • Look up loos in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Loos may refer to: Loos, Nord, France Loos-en-Gohelle, France Loos, British Columbia, Canada Loos (surname)...
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    22,980 391 Saint-Dizier Haute-Marne Grand Est 26,972 25,626 22,928 392 Loos Nord Hauts-de-France 21,410 20,650 22,866 393 Roissy-en-Brie Seine-et-Marne...
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    over the years: Lothae, Lo, Lohes, Loes, Loez and Loos. It was not until 1791 that the name of "Loos" was officially sanctioned. According to some[who...
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    has media related to Battle of Loos. Battle of Loos Battle of Loos Photograph collection CWGC: 1915: The Battle of Loos Recording 'Laidlaw's Last Lament'...
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  • Denis Waxin (category People from Nord (French department))
    preventative detention. Denis Georges Waxin was born on 26 June 1968, in Loos, Nord, but spent his childhood in Wattignies. His parents had a strained relationship...
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    given its current name, recognizing the addition of 23 belfries from the Nord-Pas-de-Calais and Picardy regions in the north-eastern tip of France, plus...
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  • and was subsequently killed in action in September 1915 at the Battle of Loos. The son of Joseph Jaques, he was born in Shanghai in March 1888. He was...
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    Nord-Pas-de-Calais (French pronunciation: [nɔʁ pɑ d(ə) kalɛ] ); Picard: Nord-Pas-Calés); is a former administrative region of France. Since 1 January 2016...
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    Bernhard Loos of the CSU was elected in 2017 and re-elected in 2021. "Constituency München-Nord". Federal Returning Officer. "Results for München-Nord". Federal...
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    Hohenzollern Redoubt (category History of Nord (French department))
    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 after the House of Hohenzollern...
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    arriving he made four tableaux for the church of Notre-Dame-de-Grâces in Loos, Nord, and several portraits including one of M. Du Bosquiel, mayor of Bondues...
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  • varies from 27m (Lens) to 74m (Loos-en-Gohelle) for an average altitude of 33m. The canton comprised 2 communes: Loos-en-Gohelle Lens (partly) Cantons...
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    The Nord-Pas-de-Calais cuisine is a French regional cuisine, whose specialties are largely inherited from the county of Flanders. The region has always...
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    The following is a list of the 648 communes of the Nord department of the French Republic. The communes cooperate in the following intercommunalities (as...
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    Pas-de-Calais) Loos Abbey (also Looz Abbey) (Abbaye Notre-Dame de Loos or de Looz), monks, diocese of Tournai (1149-?) (Loos, Nord) Loroy Abbey (also...
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    Annay, Courrières and Loos-en-Gohelle. This led to the expansion of the city into an important industrial center as part of the Nord-Pas de Calais Mining...
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    Deûle (category Rivers of Nord (French department))
    Deûle flows through the departments of Pas-de-Calais and Nord, and the towns of Lens, Wingles, Loos, Lille, Wambrechies and Quesnoy-sur-Deûle, before it flows...
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    Dunkirk (redirect from Dunkerque, Nord)
    Dutch: Duinkerke or Duinkerken) is a major port city in the department of Nord in northern France. It lies 10 kilometres (6.2 mi) from the Belgian border...
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    The Battle of Canal du Nord was part of the Hundred Days Offensive of the First World War by the Allies against German positions on the Western Front....
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    Lens (62498) Libercourt (62907) Liévin (62510) Loison-sous-Lens (62523) Loos-en-Gohelle (62528) Mazingarbe (62563) Méricourt (62570) Meurchin (62573)...
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    child. In 1914 he enlisted with the Lothians and Border Horse and he was at Loos, the Battle of Vimy Ridge and the battle of Ypres. After this he was discharged...
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    Cassel (French pronunciation: [kasɛl]; Dutch: Kassel) is a commune in the Nord department in northern France. Built on a prominent hill overlooking French...
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    Michel Degand (category Artists from Nord (French department))
    Demeulenaere, Pierre (17 March 2017). "LOOS : Michel Degand donnera son nom à un espace culturel". La Voix du Nord (in French). Loos. Retrieved 24 October 2021....
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    Eth (French pronunciation: [ɛt]) is a commune in the Nord department in northern France. It is about 10 km (6.2 mi) east-southeast of Valenciennes. Residents...
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  • 21 May 1957 in Loos-en-Gohelle, Pas-de-Calais) is a French politician and a member of Europe Écologie–The Greens. He is Mayor of Loos-en-Gohelle since...
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    Métropole Européenne de Lille (category Intercommunalities of Nord (French department))
    Armentières etc.) whose major city is the city of Lille. It is located in the Nord department, in the Hauts-de-France region, northern France – bordering both...
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    Croix (French pronunciation: [kʁwa] ; Picard: Crox) is a commune in the Nord department in northern France. It is located northeast of the city of Lille...
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    Bailleul (French pronunciation: [bajœl] ; Belle in Dutch) is a commune in the Nord department in northern France. It is located in French Flanders, 3 km (2 mi)...
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    Lille (category Communes of Nord (French department))
    it is the capital of the Hauts-de-France region, the prefecture of the Nord department, and the main city of the European Metropolis of Lille. The city...
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