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    Grand-Fort-Philippe (French pronunciation: [ɡʁɑ̃ fɔʁ filip]; Dutch: Groot-Fort-Filips) is a commune in the Nord department in northern France. The commune...
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    for specific purposes. In Seurat's painting Channel of Gravelines, Grand Fort-Philippe, for example, manganese violet was used in the border. There is speculation...
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    Saint-Étienne-au-Mont Le Portel Audinghen Escalles Sangatte Marck Oye-Plage Grand-Fort-Philippe Gravelines Leffrinckoucke Zuydcoote Many artists have been inspired...
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  • French basketball player and coach. Vérove was born and grew up in Grand-Fort-Philippe. In 1968, his local basketball team experienced great success, and...
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  • UD 6 2012-03-31 Issoudun Win 9–0 Attila Palko KO 1 (6) 2011-12-03 Grand Fort Philippe Win 8–0 Remigijus Ziausys PTS 6 2011-10-28 Loon-Plage Win 7–0 David...
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    Malta Coat of arms of L'Isle Adam at the Grandmaster's Palace. Grand Master Philippe Villiers de l'Isle Adam Taking Possession of Mdina, 18th century...
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    Mittenaere (born 1993), model, Miss France 2016, and Miss Universe 2016 Philippe Noiret (1930–2006), actor Charles-Joseph Panckoucke, (1736–1788), intellectual...
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    five forts, Château d'Espérance, Château Vert, Grand Risban, Château Gaillard, and Fort de Revers. An additional fort was built in 1701 called Fort Blanc...
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    Gravelines". artuk.org. artuk (2023u). "The Channel of Gravelines, Grand Fort-Philippe". artuk.org. barnesfoundation (2023a). "Two Sailboats at Grandcamp"...
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    Louis Philippe I (6 October 1773 – 26 August 1850), nicknamed the Citizen King, was King of the French from 1830 to 1848, and the penultimate monarch of...
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    Louis Philippe II, Duke of Orléans (Louis Philippe Joseph; 13 April 1747 – 6 November 1793), was a French Prince of the Blood who supported the French...
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    Gommegnies Gondecourt Gonnelieu La Gorgue Gouzeaucourt Grande-Synthe Grand-Fayt Grand-Fort-Philippe Gravelines La Groise Gruson Guesnain Gussignies Hallennes-lez-Haubourdin...
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    Princess Joséphine-Charlotte of Belgium, as well as a first cousin of King Philippe of Belgium. In 2019, his net worth was estimated around US$4 billion. Prince...
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    Louise d'Épinay (1726 – 1783), writer Jean d'Oisy (1310 – 1377), architect Philippe d'Outreman (1585 – 1652), Jesuit writer Gérald Darmanin (born 1982), politician...
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    Gommegnies Gondecourt Gonnelieu La Gorgue Gouzeaucourt Grande-Synthe Grand-Fayt Grand-Fort-Philippe Gravelines La Groise Gruson Guesnain Gussignies Hallennes-lez-Haubourdin...
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  • of Grand-Fort-Philippe 43 16 June 1943 07:10 Spitfire Calais/Dover 26 3 February 1943 11:12 Spitfire 15 km (9.3 mi) north of Grand-Fort-Philippe 44 20...
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  • Cappelle-Brouck Craywick Drincham Dunkirk (partly) Grande-Synthe Grand-Fort-Philippe Gravelines Looberghe Loon-Plage Pitgam Saint-Georges-sur-l'Aa Saint-Pierre-Brouck...
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    4 Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE OVH. "Gravelines, le plus grand centre de données d'Europe". Actualités OVH (in French). Archived from the...
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    either grew up and learned their craft there, or returned to teach. In 1428 Philippe de Luxembourg claimed that the cathedral was the finest in all of Christianity...
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    (59237) Ghyvelde (59260) Godewaersvelde (59262) La Gorgue (59268) Grand-Fort-Philippe (59272) Grande-Synthe (59271) Gravelines (59273) Hardifort (59282)...
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    French army under François-Henri de Montmorency, duc de Luxembourg and Philippe I of Orléans defeated Dutch forces commanded by the Prince of Orange, later...
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    American Experience, 1917–1918". U.S. Army Command and General Staff College. Fort Leavenworth, Kansas. Archived from the original on 4 July 2007. Retrieved...
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    Gommegnies Gondecourt Gonnelieu La Gorgue Gouzeaucourt Grande-Synthe Grand-Fayt Grand-Fort-Philippe Gravelines La Groise Gruson Guesnain Gussignies Hallennes-lez-Haubourdin...
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    Gommegnies Gondecourt Gonnelieu La Gorgue Gouzeaucourt Grande-Synthe Grand-Fayt Grand-Fort-Philippe Gravelines La Groise Gruson Guesnain Gussignies Hallennes-lez-Haubourdin...
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    Gommegnies Gondecourt Gonnelieu La Gorgue Gouzeaucourt Grande-Synthe Grand-Fayt Grand-Fort-Philippe Gravelines La Groise Gruson Guesnain Gussignies Hallennes-lez-Haubourdin...
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    known as Gradur Kaddour Hadadi (1976–): singer and author known as HK Philippe Dhondt (1965–): singer, songwriter and composer known as Boris Arnaud Desplechin...
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    after the War of 1870 but has since been modernized and augmented. The forts were besieged in World War I by the German Empire. Maubeuge suffered heavily...
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    politician Michel Delebarre, politician Bruno Dumont, director and filmmaker Philippe Édouard Léon Van Tieghem, Biologist and botanist born in Bailleul in 1839...
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    Gommegnies Gondecourt Gonnelieu La Gorgue Gouzeaucourt Grande-Synthe Grand-Fayt Grand-Fort-Philippe Gravelines La Groise Gruson Guesnain Gussignies Hallennes-lez-Haubourdin...
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    Gommegnies Gondecourt Gonnelieu La Gorgue Gouzeaucourt Grande-Synthe Grand-Fayt Grand-Fort-Philippe Gravelines La Groise Gruson Guesnain Gussignies Hallennes-lez-Haubourdin...
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