• Thumbnail for Vendin-le-Vieil
    Vendin-le-Vieil (French pronunciation: [vɑ̃dɛ̃ lə vjɛj]; Picard: Vindin-l'Vieil) is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Hauts-de-France region...
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  • southern France Saint-Maurice-le-Vieil, commune in the Yonne département, in the French region of Bourgogne Vendin-le-Vieil, commune in the Pas-de-Calais...
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    Bénifontaine Estevelles Grenay Hulluch Loos-en-Gohelle Meurchin Pont-à-Vendin Vendin-le-Vieil Wingles Cantons of the Pas-de-Calais department "Téléchargement...
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  • Thumbnail for Communauté d'agglomération de Lens – Liévin
    Méricourt Meurchin Noyelles-sous-Lens Pont-à-Vendin Sains-en-Gohelle Sallaumines Servins Souchez Vendin-le-Vieil Villers-au-Bois Vimy Wingles CA de Lens -...
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    Ferdinand, Count of Flanders and forced them to sign the Treaty of Pont-à-Vendin, in which Artois was yielded to France. Ferdinand did not take this lying...
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  • Thumbnail for Le Parcq
    chapel. Château of Vieil-Hesdin dating from the eleventh century. Communes of the Pas-de-Calais department "Répertoire national des élus: les maires" (in French)...
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  • Thumbnail for Pas-de-Calais
    only two departments in which the candidate of the Front National, Marine Le Pen, received a majority of the votes cast: 52.06%. There are currently two...
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  • Thumbnail for Calais
    War I. Theatres and cultural centres include Le théâtre municipal, Le Centre Culturel Gérard Philipe, Le Conservatoire à rayonnement départemental (CRD)...
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  • Thumbnail for Arrondissement of Lens
    (62637) Pont-à-Vendin (62666) Rouvroy (62724) Sains-en-Gohelle (62737) Sallaumines (62771) Servins (62793) Souchez (62801) Vendin-le-Vieil (62842) Villers-au-Bois...
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  • Thumbnail for Azincourt
    Azincourt, not Agincourt, Meurthe-et-Moselle "Répertoire national des élus: les maires" (in French). data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques...
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  • Thumbnail for Commonwealth War Graves Commission
    remains of 20 Commonwealth and 30 German soldiers were discovered in Vendin-le-Vieil, France, with the Commonwealth soldiers being subsequently reburied...
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  • Thumbnail for Le Portel
    Le Portel (French pronunciation: [lə pɔʁtɛl]; West Flemish: Turbodingem) is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Hauts-de-France region of...
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    Converserie, a building on the site of a former leper colony. It encompasses Le Chemin des Juifs and passes Aréna and the Château d'Hardelot (now the Centre...
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  • Thumbnail for Lens, Pas-de-Calais
    Institut de génie informatique et industriel "Répertoire national des élus: les maires". data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises...
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  • Thumbnail for Boulogne-sur-Mer
    England), and attractive seaside resorts like Wimereux, Wissant, Hardelot and Le Touquet. The hinterland is mainly rural and agricultural. The city is divided...
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  • Thumbnail for Neufchâtel-Hardelot
    the Hauts-de-France region of France. The commune houses a PGL hotel named Le Pré Catelan. Neufchâtel-Hardelot is a farming and tourist town of forests...
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  • Thumbnail for Aire-sur-la-Lys
    1600, as guardrooms for the militia of the city. It is commonly known as the Le Bailliage (Bailiwick), because at various times between 1634 and 1789, it...
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    the original site, on the banks of the Canche. The unfortified village of Vieil-Hesdin was later built on the original site. In 1639 the French laid siege...
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    destroyed by Germanic invaders. In 428, the Salian Franks led by Clodion le Chevelu took control of the region including the current Somme department...
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  • Thumbnail for Équihen-Plage
    Communes of the Pas-de-Calais department "Répertoire national des élus: les maires". data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises...
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  • Thumbnail for Arthur Whitten Brown
    observer. Brown's aircraft was shot down by anti-aircraft fire over Vendin-le-Vieil in France while on artillery observation duties. He was sent back to...
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  • Thumbnail for Vimy
    Communes of the Pas-de-Calais department "Répertoire national des élus: les maires" (in French). data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques...
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  • Thumbnail for Écoust-Saint-Mein
    Communes of the Pas-de-Calais department "Répertoire national des élus: les maires". data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises...
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  • Thumbnail for Béthune
    heavy casualties and anger at their losses allegedly played a role in the Le Paradis massacre on 27 May, when 97 members of the Royal Norfolk Regiment...
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  • Thumbnail for Carvin
    Communes of the Pas-de-Calais department "Répertoire national des élus: les maires". data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises...
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  • Thumbnail for Biache-Saint-Vaast
    Communes of the Pas-de-Calais department "Répertoire national des élus: les maires" (in French). data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques...
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  • Crozon (1889) Villa Hamlet, Arcachon (1894) Église Saint Auguste, Vendin-le-Vieil (1894; destroyed during World War I or dismantled) Maison électrique...
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  • Thumbnail for Montreuil-sur-Mer
    pre-date the extensive fortification of towns in northern France by Sébastien Le Prestre de Vauban in the 17th century. Montreuil-sur-Mer was the headquarters...
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  • Thumbnail for Givenchy-en-Gohelle
    Communes of the Pas-de-Calais department "Répertoire national des élus: les maires". data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises...
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  • Thumbnail for Croisilles, Pas-de-Calais
    Communes of the Pas-de-Calais department "Répertoire national des élus: les maires". data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises...
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