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    Ablain-Saint-Nazaire (French pronunciation: [ablɛ̃ sɛ̃ nazɛːʁ]) is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in northern France. A farming village located...
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  • crosses Ablain-Saint-Nazaire. See also the St. Nazaire Raid. This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Saint-Nazaire. If an internal...
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    and French national cemetery northwest of Arras at the village of Ablain-Saint-Nazaire. The high point of the hump-backed ridge stands 165 metres high and...
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    of Memory" or "Ring of Remembrance") is a World War I memorial in Ablain-Saint-Nazaire, France. Designed by Philippe Prost and inaugurated on 11 November...
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  • and French national cemetery northwest of Arras at the village of Ablain-Saint-Nazaire Sisters of Loreto, a women's Catholic religious order founded by...
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    Notre Dame de Lorette cemetery, overlooking the nearby village of Ablain-Saint-Nazaire, likewise stands before one of France's largest World War I necropolises...
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    Saint-Omer (French pronunciation: [sɛ̃.t‿omɛʁ] ; West Flemish: Sint-Omaars; Picard: Saint-Onmé) is a commune and sub-prefecture of the Pas-de-Calais department...
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    northern France. It is situated 12 miles (19 kilometres) north-west of Saint-Pol-sur-Ternoise on the D71 road between Hesdin and Fruges. It is often...
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    men. Coquaine Hill is a 165 meters above sea level high hill near Ablain-Saint-Nazaire village, part of the Vimy Ridge in north-western France. On the top...
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    defence minister—inaugurated a memorial for the Armistice Day in Ablain-Saint-Nazaire alongside French President François Hollande and North Rhine-Westphalia...
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    v t e Communes of the Pas-de-Calais department Ablain-Saint-Nazaire Ablainzevelle Acheville Achicourt Achiet-le-Grand Achiet-le-Petit Acq Acquin-Westbécourt...
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    Écoust-Saint-Mein (French pronunciation: [eku sɛ̃ mɛ̃]) is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais département in the Hauts-de-France region of France. Écoust-Saint-Mein...
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    v t e Communes of the Pas-de-Calais department Ablain-Saint-Nazaire Ablainzevelle Acheville Achicourt Achiet-le-Grand Achiet-le-Petit Acq Acquin-Westbécourt...
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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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    Gare de Lille Europe. Calais was also served by Saint-Pierre and Calais-Maritime. Both now closed. Saint-Pierre was two separate stations. A temporary station...
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  • of the French offensive was limited: the villages of Carency and Ablain-Saint-Nazaire were taken but Vimy Ridge, and thus the control of the coal basin...
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    v t e Communes of the Pas-de-Calais department Ablain-Saint-Nazaire Ablainzevelle Acheville Achicourt Achiet-le-Grand Achiet-le-Petit Acq Acquin-Westbécourt...
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    Chapelle Sainte-Austreberthe A street in Montreuil-sur-Mer Église abbatiale Saint-Saulve Communes of the Pas-de-Calais department "Répertoire national des...
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    communes of the arrondissement of Lens, and their INSEE codes, are: Ablain-Saint-Nazaire (62001) Acheville (62003) Aix-Noulette (62019) Angres (62032) Annay...
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    v t e Communes of the Pas-de-Calais department Ablain-Saint-Nazaire Ablainzevelle Acheville Achicourt Achiet-le-Grand Achiet-le-Petit Acq Acquin-Westbécourt...
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    located 10 km (6.2 mi) west of Aire-sur-la-Lys and 13 km (8.1 mi) south of Saint-Omer, on the D 157 and D 341 road junction. Located on the river Lys. At...
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    d'agglomération de Lens – Liévin consists of the following 36 communes: Ablain-Saint-Nazaire Acheville Aix-Noulette Angres Annay Avion Bénifontaine Billy-Montigny...
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    as the natural disembarkation point for the early eighth-century Celtic saint in his evangelizing travels. Wissant was the embarkation port of Robert...
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    v t e Communes of the Pas-de-Calais department Ablain-Saint-Nazaire Ablainzevelle Acheville Achicourt Achiet-le-Grand Achiet-le-Petit Acq Acquin-Westbécourt...
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    northern France. The commune is located 16 kilometres (10 mi) southeast of Saint-Omer, at the junction of the N43 with several departmental roads, by the...
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    v t e Communes of the Pas-de-Calais department Ablain-Saint-Nazaire Ablainzevelle Acheville Achicourt Achiet-le-Grand Achiet-le-Petit Acq Acquin-Westbécourt...
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    museums, of art and of natural history. The de la Vienne farmhouse (1700). Saint Vulmar, hermit who founded Samer Abbey in the 6th century. "Samer" may be...
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    pupils). Le Touquet's schools Antoine de Saint-Exupéry elementary school (1908, expanded 1930) Antoine de Saint-Exupéry elementary school (1908, expanded...
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    v t e Communes of the Pas-de-Calais department Ablain-Saint-Nazaire Ablainzevelle Acheville Achicourt Achiet-le-Grand Achiet-le-Petit Acq Acquin-Westbécourt...
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    Saint-Tricat (French pronunciation: [sɛ̃ tʁika]; West Flemish: Sintergaas) is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Hauts-de-France region...
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