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    Riencourt-lès-Cagnicourt (French pronunciation: [ʁjɛ̃kuʁ kaɲikuʁ], literally Riencourt near Cagnicourt) is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department...
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    Hendecourt-lès-Cagnicourt (French pronunciation: [ɑ̃dkuʁ kaɲikuʁ], literally Hendecourt near Cagnicourt; Picard: Inn’court-lès-Cagnicourt) is a commune...
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    Villers-lès-Cagnicourt (French pronunciation: [vilɛʁ kaɲikuʁ], literally Villers near Cagnicourt) is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in the...
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    Riencourt-lès-Bapaume (French pronunciation: [ʁjɛ̃kuʁ bapom], literally Riencourt near Bapaume) is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in the...
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    only two departments in which the candidate of the Front National, Marine Le Pen, received a majority of the votes cast: 52.06%. There are currently two...
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    969 in 1886, a growth of 335.9%; this is because the city of Saint-Pierre-lès-Calais merged with Calais in 1885. According to the INSEE census of 2017...
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    England), and attractive seaside resorts like Wimereux, Wissant, Hardelot and Le Touquet. The hinterland is mainly rural and agricultural. The city is divided...
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    Omer had also developed in the wetlands outside the city, known locally as le marais, which remains one of the last cultivated marais in France. The Marais...
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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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    village, originally known as Parc-lès-Hesdin. The municipality was formally recognized in 1670, and on 8 February 1816 Le Parcq also became chef-lieu of...
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    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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    Tilloy-lès-Mofflaines (French pronunciation: [tilwa mɔflɛn]) is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Hauts-de-France region of France....
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    Offensive. On 31 August 1914, German light cavalry (Uhlans) arrived in Tilloy-lès-Mofflaines, and an army patrol made a foray into Arras. On 6 September 1914...
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    Le Portel (French pronunciation: [lə pɔʁtɛl]; West Flemish: Turbodingem) is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Hauts-de-France region of...
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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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    pre-date the extensive fortification of towns in northern France by Sébastien Le Prestre de Vauban in the 17th century. Montreuil-sur-Mer was the headquarters...
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  • Thumbnail for Coquelles
    Pas-de-Calais department France–UK border "Répertoire national des élus: les maires" (in French). data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques...
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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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    unofficially: Sainte-Catherine-lès-Arras, [sɛ̃t katʁin lez‿aʁas], literally Sainte-Catherine near Arras; Picard: Sainte-Cat'leine-lès-Aro) is a commune in the...
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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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    Martinus Henain. In 1274 it appeared for the first time under the name Hanin-le-Liétard, after the seigneur, either in recognition of services rendered to...
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    possession of much of the German trench system between Bullecourt and Riencourt-lès-Cagnicourt but had been unable to capture Hendecourt. To the west, British...
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  • Thumbnail for Croisilles, Pas-de-Calais
    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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    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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  • Thumbnail for Loos-en-Gohelle
    Communes of the Pas-de-Calais department "Répertoire national des élus: les maires" (in French). data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques...
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    Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE The CFTVA website Le Circuit du Pavé - front Le Circuit du Pavé - back Arques on the Ville et Villages Fleuris...
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  • Hendecourt-lès-Cagnicourt Izel-lès-Équerchin Neuvireuil Noyelles-sous-Bellonne Oppy Pelves Plouvain Quiéry-la-Motte Récourt Rémy Riencourt-lès-Cagnicourt Rœux Sailly-en-Ostrevent...
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    heavy casualties and anger at their losses allegedly played a role in the Le Paradis massacre on 27 May, when 97 members of the Royal Norfolk Regiment...
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    sheet Liévin, EHESS (in French). Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE "Le jumelage". lievin.fr (in French). Liévin. Retrieved 17 November 2019. Wikimedia...
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  • Thumbnail for Écoust-Saint-Mein
    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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