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    coureur des bois (French: [kuʁœʁ de bwɑ]; lit. '"runner of the woods"') or coureur de bois (French: [kuʁœʁ də bwɑ]; plural: coureurs de(s) bois) were independent...
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  • The Pirates of the Bois de Boulogne (French: Les Corsaires du Bois de Boulogne) is a 1954 French comedy film directed by Norbert Carbonnaux and starring...
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    for the run-off against socialist Jean-Claude Bois, in which Le Pen received 32.30% (12,266 votes); Bois was re-elected as the MP with 67.70% (27,510 votes)...
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  • (Mimusops balata and Mimusops petiolaris), bois puant (Foetidia mauritiana), bois d'olive (Cassine orientalis), bois de judas (Cossinia pinnata), laffouche (Ficus...
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  • States Marine Corps, for extraordinary heroism while serving with the 6th Regiment (Marines), 2d Division, A.E.F. in action in the attack on Bois-de-Belleau...
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    it the Croix de Guerre along with the Fourragère and changing the name of a French landmark, Belleau Wood, to "Bois de la Brigade de Marine" or "Wood of...
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  • (Cordia subcordata), Bois Chandelle (Dracaena), Lalyann dile (Secamone schimperiana, Bwa bannann (Gastonia sechellarum) and Bois Cassant de Bord Mer (Guettarda...
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  • Mapou Île Diamant Île de la Passe Moresby Island Île Saint-Brandon Île Parasol Île Longue Grande Île Bois Mangue Petite Île Bois Mangue Île Manoël Île...
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  • recognition of 4th Marine Brigade achievements during the fighting, the woods were later renamed the "Bois de la Brigade de Marine". In addition, the...
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  • Peros Banhos Peros Banhos, Pedro dos Banhos or Baixos de Pêro dos Banhos in old maps, is a formerly inhabited atoll in the Chagos Archipelago of the British...
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    the Marines", the French government awarded Marine units at Belleau Wood the Croix de Guerre with Palm and renamed Belleau Wood "Bois de la Brigade de Marine...
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    Bohemia Township Ontonagon 75 82 −8.5% 77 91.86 237.9 0.9/sq mi (0.3/km2) Bois Blanc Township Mackinac 100 95 +5.3% 71 35.11 90.9 2.7/sq mi (1.0/km2) Boon...
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    Marine Tondelier (French pronunciation: [maʁin tɔ̃dəlje]; born 23 August 1986) is a French politician who works as the National Secretary of The Ecologists...
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    and dependencies. Historically flora on the islands mostly consisted of bois de rose, portia, banyan and other large native trees, many of which were felled...
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    edge of Bois de Boulogne which had once been set aside for Hermann Göring. On 10 November 1944, Churchill flew to Paris to a reception by de Gaulle and...
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    The Arc de Triomphe de l'Étoile, often called simply the Arc de Triomphe, is one of the most famous monuments in Paris, France, standing at the western...
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    The project was thwarted by the installation of two huge reservoirs in the Bois Saint Martin by engineer Gobert to receive water from the Buc aqueduct. Located...
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    of the European Parliament in 2024. Knafo was born in Les Pavillons-sous-Bois to a family of Maghrebi Jewish ancestry who had roots in Algeria and Morocco...
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    palm for its gallant defence of Bois des Buttes on 27 May 1918, the first day of the Third Battle of the Aisne. The Croix de Guerre with palm was also awarded...
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    the forest to "Bois de la Brigade de Marine" ("Wood of the Marine Brigade"), and decorated both the 5th and 6th Regiments with the Croix de Guerre three...
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    Seine-Saint-Denis (category Departments of Île-de-France)
    Bondy Les Pavillons-sous-Bois Noisy-le-Sec Romainville Pantin Le Pré-Saint-Gervais Les Lilas Bagnolet Montreuil Rosny-sous-Bois Villemomble Arrondissement...
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    Royal furnishings, then the headquarters of the French Navy, the Hôtel de la Marine. The west building was divided into individual properties for the nobility...
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    Bien Phu in western Indochina.} Bois Belleau served in the area until November 1955. For the rest of the 1950s, Bois Belleau, La Fayette, and Arromanches...
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    Charles Deschamps de Boishébert (also known as Courrier du Bois, Bois Hebert) was a member of the Compagnies Franches de la Marine and was a significant...
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    Quebec (redirect from Province de Québec)
    loi sur l'exportation du bois" (in French). University of Sherbrooke. Retrieved August 4, 2021. "Loi Lavergne". Compendium de l'aménagement linguistique...
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    Stade Français rugby union club. The Bois de Boulogne, the second-largest public park in Paris (behind only the Bois de Vincennes), is also located in this...
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    presidential elections of 2017 Pas-de-Calais was one of only two departments in which the candidate of the Front National, Marine Le Pen, received a majority...
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  • trains elite athletes. It is located on the outskirts of Paris, in the Bois de Vincennes. It was formed in 1975 from the merger of INS (the National Institute...
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    Battle of Belleau Wood (category United States Marine Corps in World War I)
    battle, the French renamed the wood Bois de la Brigade de Marine ('Wood of the Marine Brigade') in honor of the Marines' tenacity. The French government...
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    Canada (category Member states of the Organisation internationale de la Francophonie)
    in Canada, particularly for their role in assisting European coureurs des bois and voyageurs in their explorations of the continent during the North American...
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