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    Biefvillers-lès-Bapaume is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Hauts-de-France region in northern France. Biefvillers-lès-Bapaume is a small...
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    Battle of Bapaume was fought on 2 and 3 January 1871 during the Franco-Prussian War of 1870 on the territories of Biefvillers-lès-Bapaume and Bapaume. General...
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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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    east of Grévillers and Biefvillers, and was less than 1 km (0.62 mi) from the outskirts of Bapaume. The plan to take Bapaume involved the 1st Infantry...
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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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    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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    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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    Avesnes-lès-Bapaume (French pronunciation: [avɛn bapom], literally Avesnes near Bapaume) is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in northern France...
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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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    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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    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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    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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    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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    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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    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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  • Achiet-le-Grand Achiet-le-Petit Avesnes-lès-Bapaume Bancourt Bapaume Beaulencourt Béhagnies Beugnâtre Biefvillers-lès-Bapaume Bihucourt Bucquoy Douchy-lès-Ayette...
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    twentieth century The nineteenth-century chapel of Notre-Dame The Villa 'Les Mauriciens' The Commonwealth War Graves Commission cemetery William Morrison...
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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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    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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    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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    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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    Beugnâtre Beugny Biefvillers-lès-Bapaume Bihucourt Bourlon Bucquoy Buissy Bullecourt Bus Chérisy Courcelles-le-Comte Croisilles Douchy-lès-Ayette Écourt-Saint-Quentin...
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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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    carried goods traffic from the brick-works at Berck Ville. Known locally as le Tortillard for its wandering route, it was closed in 1955. There was a later...
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    1600, as guardrooms for the militia of the city. It is commonly known as the Le Bailliage (Bailiwick), because at various times between 1634 and 1789, it...
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    Newsbeat. Archived from the original on 9 March 2020. Retrieved 9 March 2020. Le Monde, 7 mai 2007: http://www.lemonde.fr/web/article/0,1-0@2-823448...
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  • Thumbnail for Cauchy-à-la-Tour
    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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    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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  • 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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