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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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    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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    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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    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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    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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    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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    Converserie, a building on the site of a former leper colony. It encompasses Le Chemin des Juifs and passes Aréna and the Château d'Hardelot (now the Centre...
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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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    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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    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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    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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    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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    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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    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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    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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    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 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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    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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  • 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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    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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  • Thumbnail for Courrières
    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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    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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    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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  • Thumbnail for Croisilles, Pas-de-Calais
    D9 roads. Many of the residents commute to work in Arras or the town of Bapaume to the south. The village is bypassed to the north and east by the LGV...
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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 Barlin, Pas-de-Calais
    Barlin. The Melun family succeeded him and one of their lords, nicknamed Le Brun, the king's chamberlain, saw his property confiscated by Duke John the...
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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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