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    became known as Boulogne-la-Petite, and later as Boulogne-sur-Seine. In 1924, Boulogne-sur-Seine was officially renamed Boulogne-Billancourt to reflect...
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    Boulogne-sur-Mer (French: [bulɔɲ syʁ mɛʁ] ; Picard: Boulonne-su-Mér; Dutch: Bonen; Latin: Gesoriacum or Bononia), often called just Boulogne (UK: /bʊˈlɔɪn/...
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    de Boulogne la Petite, which was built in the forest at the command of Philip IV of France (1268–1314). In 1308, Philip made a pilgrimage to Boulogne-sur-Mer...
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    Seine-Saint-Denis and Val-de-Marne. The most populated towns of the Petite Couronne are Boulogne-Billancourt, Montreuil, Saint-Denis, Nanterre and Créteil. The...
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    clockwise, the stations are: Auteuil-Boulogne Passy-la-Muette Avenue Henri Martin (now used by RER C) Avenue du Bois-de-Boulogne (now used by RER C) Neuilly-Maillot...
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    Paris's former Chemin de fer de Petite Ceinture ('small(er) belt railway'), also colloquially known as La Petite Ceinture, was a circular railway built...
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    Delon, and two older half-brothers, Anthony Delon, and Christian Aaron Boulogne. In 2013, Delon played in Les Rencontres d'après minuit. In 2014, he appeared...
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    who has appeared in a number of successful films. Born 18 June 1973 in Boulogne-Billancourt, she is the daughter of Gérard and Élisabeth Depardieu and...
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  • 71444°W / 46.74889; -1.71444 Type reservoir Primary inflows Vie, Petite Boulogne Primary outflows Vie Catchment area 276 km2 (107 sq mi) Basin countries...
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    Saint-Gilles-Croix-de-Vie. The river has four tributaries, the Jaunay, the Petite Boulogne, the Gué Gorand and the Ligneron. In twenty years the region has doubled...
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    Constance Labbé (born on May 29, 1988, in Boulogne-Billancourt) is a French actress. Constance Labbé received training at various theatre schools, from...
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    Anne Couppier de Romans (1737 –1808) was a petite maîtresse (unofficial mistress) of King Louis XV of France from 1760 to 1765. Anne Couppier de Romans...
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  • was a French theatre and film actress. Quennessen was born near Paris in Boulogne-Billancourt, of Jewish French/Polish parentage, and dedicated much of her...
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    fifth most populous department in France. Its prefecture is Nanterre, but Boulogne-Billancourt, one of its two subprefectures, alongside Antony, has a larger...
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    the fifth-largest park in Paris, after the Bois de Vincennes, Bois de Boulogne, Parc de la Villette and Tuileries Garden. Opened in 1867, late in the...
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    Martin van Maële (category Artists from Boulogne-Billancourt)
    particularly erotic literature. Van Maële was born in the commune of Boulogne sur Seine, once an important industrial town, near Paris, France, to Flemish...
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    Raphaël Haroche (category Male actors from Boulogne-Billancourt)
    Raphaël Haroche on 7 November 1975 in Paris, France, and was raised in Boulogne-Billancourt, Hauts-de-Seine. His father is of Moroccan and Russian Jewish...
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    to defend French interests there. He died of lung cancer in Omonville-la-Petite, on 11 April 1977. He had been working on the last scene of the animated...
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    ancient Palais de Boulogne, which dated back at least to 1200 and had been the home of Robert V and successive Counts of Boulogne, before Catherine de'...
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    Marie Duplessis was evidently an extremely attractive young woman, with a petite figure and an enchanting smile. By the time she was 16, she had become aware...
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    Florence Arthaud (category Sportspeople from Boulogne-Billancourt)
    Personal information Nickname "La petite fiancée de l'Atlantique" Nationality French Born (1957-10-28)28 October 1957 Boulogne-Billancourt, France Died 9 March...
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    O'Brien, Justin. Les nourritures d'André Gide et les Bucoliques de Virgile (Boulogne-Billancourt: Editions de la Revue Pretexte, 1953). Windham, Donald. The...
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    départements of Seine-Saint-Denis, Val-de-Marne, and Hauts-de-Seine (the petite couronne). It also serves the Centre Spatial Guyanais in Kourou, the DGA...
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    by the urbanisation of the area it lies within, and its position in the Petite Couronne, Grande Couronne, and Île-de-France. Paris is located in northern...
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  • concerned an alleged criminal network in Outreau, a working class town next to Boulogne-sur-Mer in the Pas-de-Calais region, began in November 2001. The first...
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    He was the pupil of Jean-Baptiste Carpeaux, who sponsored him for the Petite École (future École nationale supérieure des arts décoratifs), where he...
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  • Marie Trintignant (category Actresses from Boulogne-Billancourt)
    domestic violence and leniency towards perpetrators. Trintignant was born in Boulogne-Billancourt, the daughter of actor Jean-Louis Trintignant and his second...
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    Petite-Forêt (French pronunciation: [pətit fɔʁɛ], literally Little Forest) is a commune in the Nord department in northern France. Communes of the Nord...
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    de Boulogne (Touring Club) Bois de Boulogne (Touring Club, Paris) 1896 (1896) Lost Presumably filmed in the Bois de Boulogne. 21 Bois de Boulogne (Porte...
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    and all 123 communes in the surrounding inner-suburban departments of the Petite Couronne (Hauts-de-Seine, Seine-Saint-Denis and Val-de-Marne), plus seven...
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