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    Wervik (Dutch: [ˈʋɛrvɪk]; French: Wervicq [wɛʁvik]; West Flemish: Wervik [ˈβærvɛk]; Latin: Viroviacum) is a city and municipality located in the Belgian...
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    Richthofen sustained a serious head wound on 6 July 1917, during combat near Wervik, Belgium against a formation of F.E.2d two-seat fighters of No. 20 Squadron...
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  • Thurisaz was a Belgian metal band from Wervik. Their music is a combination of atmospheric death-doom and black metal. The band had its beginnings in May...
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    Comines-Warneton West Flanders (B): Menen, Wevelgem, Kortrijk, Waregem, Wervik East Flanders (B): Zulte, Deinze, Ghent The main tributaries of the Leie...
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    Wervicq-Sud (French pronunciation: [wɛʁvik syd]; Dutch: Zuid-Wervik) is a commune in the Nord department of northern France, near the border with Belgium...
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  • Bekkevoort, Dilbeek, Geel, Gooik, Lede, Linter, Lubbeek, Tielt-Winge and Wervik) decided to reduce the number of intersections where priority is given to...
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    Flemish province of Belgium. It is contained within the municipality of Wervik. The town is known for the "yawning festival" (Dutch: gapersfeesten). The...
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    The Battle of Wervik or of Wervik and Menin was fought on 12 and 13 September 1793 between 30,000 men of the French Army of the North commanded by Jean...
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    Sam Bennett (cyclist) (category People from Wervik)
    in 1990 in Wervik, Flanders, Belgium, where his father Michael came in 1989 to play professional football for local club Eendracht Wervik. He moved with...
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    Dadizele [nl] (municipality Moorslede) c. Geluwe (municipality Wervik) d. Wervik (municipality Wervik) with village Kruiseke [nl] e. Comines (Belgium) [nl] (municipality...
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    at Busbecq Castle (in present-day Bousbecque, Nord, France), studying in Wervik and Comines, which at the time were all part of Spanish West Flanders, a...
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    Wim Delvoye (category People from Wervik)
    Wim Delvoye (born 1965 in Wervik, West Flanders) is a Belgian neo-conceptual artist widely recognized for combining in his inventive and often shocking...
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    Ypres Heuvelland Ieper/Ypres Langemark-Poelkapelle Mesen Poperinge Vleteren Wervik Zonnebeke Bold indicates cities Italic indicates Municipalities with language...
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    Ypres Heuvelland Ieper/Ypres Langemark-Poelkapelle Mesen Poperinge Vleteren Wervik Zonnebeke Bold indicates cities Italic indicates Municipalities with language...
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    Diksmuide, Ypres, and Veurne including the cities of Veurne, Poperinge, Wervik, Ypres, De Panne, Langemark-Poelkapelle, Diksmuide and Koekelare. However...
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    The first population lived on the Dender and the Roman road Elewijt-Asse-Wervik. From 1227 it was one of the count's proper villages, which later came into...
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    Ypres Heuvelland Ieper/Ypres Langemark-Poelkapelle Mesen Poperinge Vleteren Wervik Zonnebeke Bold indicates cities Italic indicates Municipalities with language...
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  • A photographic search for surviving cars from a bygone era] (in Dutch). Wervik: Valcke. ISBN 9090121994. Boval, Philippe; Valcke, Albert (1999). Les Minerva...
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    at night and force a one-mile penetration along a 13-mile front between Wervik and Kortrijk. The Germans, with superior numbers and in command of the air...
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    Damaged reliefs in St Medarduskerk, Wervik...
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    Championships 1st Wervik 1st Langemark 3rd Circuit des Régions Frontalières 1958 1st Interclubs road race, National Road Championships 1st Wervik 1st De Panne...
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    Jef Demuysere (category People from Wervik)
    Jef Demuysere (Wervik, 26 July 1907 – Antwerp, 30 April 1969) was a Belgian professional road bicycle racer. He won the Milan–San Remo in 1934, and finished...
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    53. Torhout (city) 54. Veurne (city) 55. Vleteren 56. Waregem (city) 57. Wervik (city) 58. Wevelgem 59. Wielsbeke 60. Wingene 61. Zedelgem 62. Zonnebeke...
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    municipalities: Heuvelland Langemark-Poelkapelle Mesen Poperinge Vleteren Wervik Ypres Zonnebeke Gibson, Craig (2014-03-27). Behind the Front: British Soldiers...
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    Ypres Heuvelland Ieper/Ypres Langemark-Poelkapelle Mesen Poperinge Vleteren Wervik Zonnebeke Bold indicates cities Italic indicates Municipalities with language...
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    Corps headquarters. The Armeegruppe was rushed up to Deûlémont and Werviq (Wervik), the boundary between the 6th and 4th armies, to attack towards Ypres and...
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  • Position(s) Defender Youth career 1991–1994 Bas-Warneton 1994–1995 Eendracht Wervik 1995–2004 Mouscron Senior career* Years Team Apps (Gls) 2004–2009 Mouscron...
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  • before playing at Halifax Town, Farsley Celtic and abroad at Eendracht Wervik and Union de Centre in Belgium. Sharpe played in the Football League for...
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    Marke (Kortrijk) d. Aalbeke (Kortrijk) e. Mouscron (Wallonia) f. Neuville-en-Ferrain (France) g. Halluin (France) h. Wervik (Wervik) i. Geluwe (Wervik)...
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    Ypres Heuvelland Ieper/Ypres Langemark-Poelkapelle Mesen Poperinge Vleteren Wervik Zonnebeke Bold indicates cities Italic indicates Municipalities with language...
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