region of northern France. The town was the seat of the former canton of Bavay. Bavay is located some 20 km east by south-east of Valenciennes and 10 km...

military road connected it to the capital of the Roman province of Nervii in Bavay (Bagacum Nerviorum). It continued northwards as far as the naval port at...

Houdain-lez-Bavay (French pronunciation: [udɛ̃ le bavɛ], literally Houdain near Bavay) is a commune in the Nord department in northern France. Communes...

the Middle Ages]. Revue de la Manche (in French). 37 (148): 11. ISBN 979-1-0937-0115-8. Barré, Revue de la Manche 148. Bavay, Jeanine. "Barfleur". Vikland:...

The 2016–17 Coupe de France First preliminary rounds comprised the first rounds of the 2016–17 Coupe de France preliminary rounds. The competition was...

the Roman Empire the town prospered as it was next to the road linking Bavay to Amiens. This period lasted about three centuries. The barbarian invasions...

and their allies. At Mons (18–29 April 1792), Tournay (29 April 1792), Bavay (17 May 1792), Rumegies (19 May 1792), Florennes 28 May 1792, and La Glisuelle...

Roubaix, Tourcoing is the chef-lieu of two cantons and the fourth largest city in the French region of Hauts-de-France ranked by population with about 97...

Avesnes-sur-Helpe (59036) Bachant (59041) Baives (59045) Bas-Lieu (59050) Bavay (59053) Beaudignies (59057) Beaufort (59058) Beaurepaire-sur-Sambre (59061)...

different tribes that shared similar names. Morini – Boulogne-sur-Mer Nervii – Bavay, Belgae largest tribal confederation. Ceutrones (Belgae) Geidumni Grudii...

the cantons of Avesnes-sur-Helpe, Bavay, Le Quesnoy, Maubeuge and Valenciennes in the former region of Nord-Pas-de-Calais – now part of Hauts-de-France...

river, near France's border with Belgium, it is the capital of the Hauts-de-France region, the prefecture of the Nord department, and the main city of...

mayor. Villeneuve-d'Ascq is the seat of the canton of Villeneuve-d'Ascq. As a part of the Métropole Européenne de Lille, Villeneuve-d'Ascq is connected to...

passengers or cargo. Maurice Garin, the winner of the inaugural 1903 Tour de France, began his cycling career in 1892 with the local Maubeuge cycling club...

Tourcoing, Roubaix is the chef-lieu of two cantons and the third largest city in the French region of Hauts-de-France ranked by population with nearly 99...

million inhabitants. Towards the end of the Roman Empire, Cambrai replaced Bavay as the "capital" of the land of the Nervii. At the beginning of the Merovingian...

metres Floodmap with Sea level rises of 5 metres around Bergues Des villages de Cassini aux communes d'aujourd'hui: Commune data sheet Bergues, EHESS (in...

Cold Church') is a commune and town in the French department of Nord, Hauts-de-France, northern France. It is the largest suburb of Dunkirk, and is adjacent...

Valinciennes; Latin: Valentianae) is a commune in the Nord department, Hauts-de-France, France. It lies on the Scheldt (French: Escaut) river. Although the...

Nord department in northern France. It is part of the Métropole Européenne de Lille. Communes of the Nord department "Répertoire national des élus: les...

Nord department in northern France. It is part of the Métropole Européenne de Lille. Adrien Fourmaux, rally driver André Ayew, Ghana national football team...

archaic Dutch: Waterlos) is a commune in the Nord department in the Hauts-de-France region of northern France. It is located on the border with Belgium...

Jean d'Outremeuse, Jean Lebel, Jean Lemaire de Belges (16th century from Bavay), the Prince of Ligne (18th century, Beloeil). There is a Walloon Surrealism...

commune outside of the Île-de-France region, slightly greater than that of the city of Lyon. Jean Piat, actor and writer The de Lannoy family and the Delano...

Poïvet, one of the creators of the French science fiction comics Les Pionniers de l'Espérance Pierre Mauroy was a high school student in Le Cateau, and later...

also observed the fortress on the right of the Prussian cavalry upon the Bavay road. The left wing of the Prussian army, comprising the III, and part of...

been the seat of the Canton of Fourmies, an administrative division of the Nord department. The canton was created at the French canton reorganization which...

southern limit with Ledringhem is chemin de Rubrouck. In 1436, Wautier de Ghistelles was seigneur d'Ekelsbeke et de Ledringhem (Lord of Esquelbecq and Ledringhem)...

Baives Bambecque Banteux Bantigny Bantouzelle Bas-Lieu La Bassée Bauvin Bavay Bavinchove Bazuel Beaucamps-Ligny Beaudignies Beaufort Beaumont-en-Cambrésis...

Saint-Amand-les-Eaux (French pronunciation: [sɛ̃t‿amɑ̃ lez‿o]; former Dutch: Sint-Amands-aan-de-Skarpe) is a commune in the Nord department, northern France. It lies on the...