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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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    The Port of Boulogne-sur-Mer is a seaport located on the western coast of the Hauts-de-France region, on the edge of the Pas de Calais, the world's busiest...
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    The Boulogne camp refers to two military camps established around Boulogne-sur-Mer in France. The first camp was prepared by Julius Caesar in 54 BC to...
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    Menuls-lès-Saint-Cloud of a church dedicated to the virgin of the sanctuary of Boulogne-sur-Mer, then a famous pilgrimage center in northern France. The church, meant...
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    Boulonnais (land area) (category Boulogne-sur-Mer)
    nɛ]) is the associated coast and hinterland of Boulogne-sur-Mer in Northern France. It includes the catchment of the town's river Liane, and other shorter...
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    1977. N500-02 - Ingénieur Jean Bertin registered BL 341.931 at port of Boulogne Sur Mer was built for Seaspeed by SNCF in 1977. It showed poor engine and...
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    of Dover Strait (1916) Battle of Dover Strait (1917) Calais Lighthouse South Foreland Lighthouse Cap Gris-Nez France–UK border Port of Boulogne-sur-Mer...
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    La Route du Poisson (category Boulogne-sur-Mer)
    competitive horse-driving event between Boulogne-sur-Mer and Paris in northern France. Created in 1991 thanks to the help of the national haras (stud-horse farms)...
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    basilica located in Boulogne-sur-Mer in the Pas-de-Calais département of northern France. The basilica, a prominent landmark of the city with its 101...
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    Battle of the Kearsarge and the Alabama, now at the Philadelphia Museum of Art. Several weeks later, Kearsarge made a port call at Boulogne-sur-Mer, where...
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    practice of Lent on about 166 days a year; as a result, herring was abundantly consumed by the people, making Boulogne-sur-Mer an important fishing port. The...
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  • Manche - Mer du Nord, associated to Université Lille Nord de France Centre in Boulogne-sur-Mer Station of Port-en-Bessin Centre in Brest Station of Saint-Malo...
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    The Battle of Boulogne in 1940 was the defence of the port of Boulogne-sur-Mer by French, British and Belgian troops in the Battle of France during the...
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    Boulogne-Maritime was a former railway station and port in Boulogne-sur-Mer, France. Ferries between England and France used the terminal. The Station...
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    Étaples (redirect from Étaples-sur-Mer)
    Étaples or Étaples-sur-Mer (French pronunciation: [etapl syʁ mɛʁ]; Picard: Étape or Étape-su-Mér; formerly Dutch: Stapele; West Flemish: Stoapel) is a...
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  • railway station and port in Boulogne-sur-Mer, France Boulogne – Pont de Saint-Cloud (Paris Métro), a rapid transit station in Boulogne-Billancourt, Île-de-France...
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    to Socarenam, of Boulogne-sur-Mer. Socarenam had previously won the tender for building the Patrouilleurs Antilles-Guyane (PAG) of the Confiance type...
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    forts: The battery of Cape Alprech (Le Portel) The battery of Mount Couppes (Le Portel) The battery Tour d'Ordre [fr] (Boulogne-sur-Mer). They are all built...
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    The Raid on Boulogne in 1804 was a naval assault by elements of the Royal Navy on the fortified French port of Boulogne-sur-Mer, during the Napoleonic...
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    A16 autoroute (category Wikipedia articles in need of updating from December 2012)
    frontier near Bray-Dunes, serving en route Beauvais, Amiens, Abbeville, Boulogne-sur-Mer, Calais and Dunkirk in Hauts-de-France. From its starting point near...
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    water separator (marine) Oil content meter Port Reception Facilities Port of Boulogne-sur-Mer "Status of Treaties" (PDF), IMO, 16 December 2019, archived...
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    Le Portel (category Communes of Pas-de-Calais)
    century because of fishing, along with the nearby port of Boulogne-sur-Mer. Sailors of Portel were as numerous as those of Boulogne before World War...
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    bombing of Alicante kills 313 people. 1940 – World War II: The German 2nd Panzer Division captures the port of Boulogne-sur-Mer; the surrender of the last...
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    Fisheries and Aquaculture Maritime Gendarmerie Société Nationale de Sauvetage en Mer "La Direction Nationale Garde-Côtes des Douanes." douane.gouv.fr. Retrieved...
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    The Port of Boulogne by Moonlight or Moonlight over the Port of Boulogne (French - Le Clair de lune sur le port de Boulogne) is an 1868 work by Édouard...
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    Siege of Boulogne took place from 19 July to 14 September 1544 and the Second Siege of Boulogne took place in October 1544. An earlier Siege of Boulogne had...
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  • The ship was suspected of belonging to a company targeted by the sanctions. The ship was escorted to the port of Boulogne-sur-Mer and was being investigated...
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  • Compagnie du Lit-Boulogne Billancourt  Stéphane Le Diraison (FRA) Famille Mary – Étamine du Lys  Romain Attanasio (FRA) Finistère Mer Vent  Jean Le Cam (FRA)...
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    checkpoints at the ports of Calais and Dunkirk (previously, the UK also had an immigration checkpoint at the port of Boulogne-sur-Mer). UK Border Force...
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    arrondissement of Paris, near the suburb of Boulogne-Billancourt and Neuilly-sur-Seine. The land was ceded to the city of Paris by the Emperor Napoleon III to...
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