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    Marquette-lez-Lille (French pronunciation: [maʁkɛt le lil], literally Marquette near Lille; Dutch: Market(t)e) is a commune in the Nord department in northern...
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    Paris ("Great Mills of Paris") is a disused flour mill located in Marquette-lez-Lille in the Nord department, France. It has been an official Historical...
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    The Decauville factory in Marquette-lez-Lille produced locomotives and construction machinerys from 1923 to 1968. The Decauville plant was opened in 1923...
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    Lesquin Lezennes Lille Linselles Lompret Loos Lys-lez-Lannoy La Madeleine Marcq-en-Barœul Marquette-lez-Lille Marquillies Mons-en-Barœul Mouvaux Neuville-en-Ferrain...
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    Medical University of Lille was named "Jeanne of Flanders Hospital" in the 20th century. The Countess died in 1244 in the Abbey of Marquette, leaving no heirs...
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    La Madeleine (59368) Le Maisnil (59371) Marcq-en-Barœul (59378) Marquette-lez-Lille (59386) Marquillies (59388) Mérignies (59398) Moncheaux (59408) Mons-en-Barœul...
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    Savoy, she authorized the aldermen of Lille to create three locks in Marquette-lez-Lille to Wambrechies and Lille itself, extending the network to the...
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    Lès (section Lez)
    Lannoy Marquette-lez-Lille, near Lille Mézières-lez-Cléry, near Cléry Nissan-lez-Enserune, near Enserune Poilly-lez-Gien, near Gien Sailly-lez-Cambrai...
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    to the merger between the former communes of Ascq, Annappes and Flers-lez-Lille, Villeneuve-d'Ascq is a new town and the cradle of the first automatic...
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    Saint-André-lez-Lille (French pronunciation: [sɛ̃t‿ɑ̃dʁe le lil], literally Saint-André near Lille; Dutch: Sint-Andries or Sint-Andries-Rijsel) is a commune...
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  • Marquette may refer to: Marquette-en-Ostrevant, Nord Marquette-lez-Lille, Nord Marquette, Illinois Marquette, Iowa Marquette, Kansas Marquette, Nebraska...
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  • Its seat is in Lille. It consists of the following communes: Lille (partly) La Madeleine Marquette-lez-Lille Saint-André-lez-Lille Wambrechies "Décret...
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    In France, the Deûle Valley tramway near Lille which runs along a 3 km (1.9 mi) track from Marquette-lez-Lille to Wambrechies features several tram vehicles...
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    Européenne de Lille. The motto of the town is Pauvre mais fière (Poor but proud). Armentières lies on the Belgian border, northwest of the city of Lille, on the...
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    finally flowing into the Deûle in Marquette-lez-Lille. Its lowermost section, between Wasquehal and Marquette-lez-Lille, is part of the Canal de Roubaix...
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    Lys-lez-Lannoy (French pronunciation: [lis le lanwa], literally Lys near Lannoy; West Flemish: Lis by Lannoy) is a commune in the Nord department in northern...
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    Dunkerque railway station offers connections to Gare de Calais-Ville, Gare de Lille Flandres, Arras and Paris, and several regional destinations in France....
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    of Parliament Olivier Henno (1962–): politician, mayor of Saint-André-lez-Lille and general councillor Jean-Robert de Cavel (1961–2022): French-American...
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    commune within the department of Nord. Located to the north-northeast of Lille, adjacent to Roubaix, Tourcoing is the chef-lieu of two cantons and the...
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  • and its activities were taken over by the Decauville factory in Marquette-lez-Lille. Roger Bailly: Decauville, ce nom qui fit le tour du monde. Le Éd...
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    Hallennes-lez-Haubourdin (French pronunciation: [alɛn le(z‿)obuʁdɛ̃], literally Hallennes near Haubourdin) is a commune in the Nord department in northern...
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  • part of Lille. Communes of the Nord department Téléchargement du fichier d'ensemble des populations légales en 2019, INSEE Commune d'Hellemmes-Lille (59298)...
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    department in northern France. It is on the French-Belgian border between Lille and Tournai. On 27 July 1214, the Battle of Bouvines was fought here between...
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    is bordered by the neighbouring communes of Marquette-lez-Lille (to the southeast), Saint André-lez-Lille (to the south), Quesnoy-sur-Deûle (to the northwest)...
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    (1802–1869) established a grain and juniper berry distillery in Marquette-lez-Lille. On June 17, 1862, they expanded to a farm in Renescure, which they...
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    section of the front near Maresches. The town's first antenna was set up in Lille in 1964, then the Centre universitaire was set up in 1970, becoming independent...
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    department. Located on the river Scarpe some 40 kilometres (25 miles) from Lille and 25 km (16 mi) from Arras, Douai is home to one of the region's most...
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    building on the north-western edge of Igor-Stravinsky Square The Marquette-lez-Lille tourist office, decorated by Jef Aérosol in 2019 Jef Aérosol in Paris...
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    a canal in northern France. It joins the Canal de la Deûle near Marquette-lez-Lille to the Canal de l’Espierres in Belgium at Leers, just east of the...
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    Faches-Thumesnil, Templemars, Seclin, Noyelles-lès-Seclin, Emmerin and Loos-lez-Lille. Wattignies is twinned with: Broadstairs, United Kingdom – since 1982...
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