Pas-de-Calais. Historically, it was spelt Guisnes. On 7 January 1785, Jean-Pierre Blanchard, a French pioneer in hydrogen-balloon flight, completed the first...
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island surrounded by canals and harbours. The modern part of the town, St-Pierre, lies to the south and south-east. In the centre of the old town is the...
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growth followed with the establishment of the Collegiate church of Saint-Pierre by Baldwin V, Count of Flanders. The town was laid siege ten times between...
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Number: 11023 – via New London Museum. Barlet, Jacques; Hamal, Olivier; Mainil, Sébastien (2014). Le Mémorial interallié de Cointe à Liège (in French)...
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industrial area, situated in the west of the city, around the harbour. Saint-Pierre (Saint Peter) : former neighborhood of the fishermen, destroyed during World...
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Xavier Beauvois, actor, director and screenwriter. Angela Behelle, writer Pierre Laigle, football player Augustin Lesage, French spiritualist artist. Lesage...
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historical monument Hugh of Falkenberg, 12th century (Hugues de Fauquembergues) Pierre-Alexandre Monsigny (1729–1817), composer The Chemin de fer d'Anvin à Calais...
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von der Leyen inaugurated a memorial for Armistice Day. The church of St. Pierre, dating from the twentieth century. The ruins of the fifteenth century church...
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Procope-Alexandre-Joseph de Ligne 1810–1819, Pierre Caron 1820–1822, Jacques Delaby 1822–1825, Pierre Caron 1825–1856, Henri-Antoine de Ligne 1856–1871...
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Biache-Saint-Vaast station has rail connections to Arras and Douai. The church of St. Pierre, rebuilt, as was much of the town, after the ravages of World War I. The...
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D236e and the D119 roads, on the English Channel coast. The church of St. Pierre, rebuilt after World War II. A village that uses upcycled boats as the roofs...
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Monuments aux Mortes". Memoires de Pierre. Retrieved 5 January 2019. "Bethune; Monuments aux Mortes". Memoires de Pierre (in French). Retrieved 5 January...
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the remaining statues of people associated with the city: L'abbé Suger Pierre Alexandre Monsigny Prince Ferdinand-Philippe d'Orléans, duc d'Orléans Over...
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Quesnoy-en-Artois Quesques Questrecques Quiéry-la-Motte Quiestède Quilen Quœux-Haut-Maînil Racquinghem Radinghem Ramecourt Rang-du-Fliers Ransart Raye-sur-Authie Rebergues...
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Quesnoy-en-Artois Quesques Questrecques Quiéry-la-Motte Quiestède Quilen Quœux-Haut-Maînil Racquinghem Radinghem Ramecourt Rang-du-Fliers Ransart Raye-sur-Authie Rebergues...
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Crystal Theater Ludovic Ramière, Théo Rivoalen, Henri Deruer, Frédéric Mainil Vivo Mambo Cabana Bertrand Bry-Marfaing, Josef Dylan Swift, Geeta Basantani...
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Quesnoy-en-Artois Quesques Questrecques Quiéry-la-Motte Quiestède Quilen Quœux-Haut-Maînil Racquinghem Radinghem Ramecourt Rang-du-Fliers Ransart Raye-sur-Authie Rebergues...
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airport, and originally known as Calais-Marck, is situated in the commune. Pierre-Henri Dumont served as the Mayor from 2014 to 2017. Corinne Noël became...
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Quesnoy-en-Artois Quesques Questrecques Quiéry-la-Motte Quiestède Quilen Quœux-Haut-Maînil Racquinghem Radinghem Ramecourt Rang-du-Fliers Ransart Raye-sur-Authie Rebergues...
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village square. The eighteenth-century château (private). The church of St.Pierre, dating from the seventeenth century. Communes of the Pas-de-Calais department...
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Quesnoy-en-Artois Quesques Questrecques Quiéry-la-Motte Quiestède Quilen Quœux-Haut-Maînil Racquinghem Radinghem Ramecourt Rang-du-Fliers Ransart Raye-sur-Authie Rebergues...
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Quesnoy-en-Artois Quesques Questrecques Quiéry-la-Motte Quiestède Quilen Quœux-Haut-Maînil Racquinghem Radinghem Ramecourt Rang-du-Fliers Ransart Raye-sur-Authie Rebergues...
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colleges, a swimming pool, a library and sports halls. The church of St. Pierre, dating from the eighteenth century The Commonwealth War Graves Commission...
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Gournay (1871–1933) Clovis Normand François Dalle Jean-Louis Cottigny Jean-Pierre Jumez, internationally renowned guitarist, poet, writer Thursday is market...
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Pembroke College, Cambridge. Saint-Pol-sur-Ternoise was the birthplace of Pierre Repp (1909–1986), humorist and actor. Saint-Pol-sur-Ternoise was the birthplace...
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murder of miner's daughter Brigitte Dewevre became a politicized event when Pierre Leroy, a local middle-class lawyer associated with the local mining company...
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Ivan Marks F Pasinetti 1977 Ehnen, Luxembourg J Mainil Poth J Quinet 1978 Vienna, Austria Jean Pierre Fougeat Roberto Trabucco N Birnbaum 1979 Saragossa...
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the land that once belonged to the monastery, part of the abbey of St. Pierre at Ghent. In the old riverbed of the Deûle/Souchez river (long-since drained...
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Quesnoy-en-Artois Quesques Questrecques Quiéry-la-Motte Quiestède Quilen Quœux-Haut-Maînil Racquinghem Radinghem Ramecourt Rang-du-Fliers Ransart Raye-sur-Authie Rebergues...
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with its rare plants The fort, built by Vauban in the 17th century. Saint-Pierre's chapel; World War II museum; The remains of an English fort; Villas of...
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