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    Montreuil-sur-Mer (French pronunciation: [mɔ̃tʁœj syʁ mɛʁ] ; Picard: Montreu-su-Mér or Montreul-su-Mér; Dutch: Monsterole), Montreuil-on-the-Sea, is a...
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  • department Montreuil, Vendée, known as Montreuil-sur-Mer until 1945, in the Vendée department Montreuil-au-Houlme, in the Orne department Montreuil-aux-Lions...
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    Montreuil-sur-Mer is a railway station on the line from Arras to Étaples via Saint-Pol-sur-Ternoise. It is located in the commune of Montreuil-sur-Mer...
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  • Montreuil (French pronunciation: [mɔ̃tʁœj] ; Latin: Musterolium), distinguished as Montreuil-sur-Mer ("Montreuil-on-the-Sea") until 1945, is a commune...
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    In late 1815, Valjean, now using the name Madeleine, arrives in Montreuil-sur-Mer. He revolutionizes the town's manufacturing and earns a fortune, which...
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    The 1299 Treaty of Montreuil (Latin: Tractatus apud Musterolium) or Montreuil-sur-Mer (French: Traité de Montreuil-sur-Mer) was part of the negotiations...
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    scene pitilessly from their coach. He spent several vacations in Montreuil-sur-Mer. During the 1832 revolt, Hugo walked the streets of Paris, saw the...
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    The arrondissement of Montreuil is an arrondissement of France in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Hauts-de-France region. It has 164 communes. Its...
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    in the Hauts-de-France region of France 8 miles (16 km) north of Montreuil-sur-Mer. The semaphore tower at Lefaux, a remnant of the system created by...
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    Hauts-de-France region of France about 10 miles (16 km) north of Montreuil-sur-Mer. Communes of the Pas-de-Calais department "Répertoire national des...
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    department in the Hauts-de-France region of France 6 km (3.7 mi) north of Montreuil-sur-Mer by the banks of the Course river [fr]. Communes of the Pas-de-Calais...
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    paying them to care for her child while she works in the city of Montreuil-sur-Mer. Unbeknownst to Fantine, the Thénardiers abuse Cosette while she is...
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  • The canton of Montreuil is a former canton in the Pas-de-Calais department and the Nord-Pas de Calais region. It was disbanded following the French canton...
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    the Hauts-de-France region of France 5 miles (8 km) southeast of Montreuil-sur-Mer. Rang-du-Fliers became a commune in 1870, having been previously only...
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    the Hauts-de-France region of France 6 miles (9 km) southwest of Montreuil-sur-Mer and 3 miles (5 km) from the coast, near the estuary of the Authie...
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    Madeleine and serving as the mayor of a small town identified as Montreuil-sur-Mer, where he is a successful manufacturer. Javert arrives in 1820 to...
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    the Hauts-de-France region of France 16 miles (25 km) northeast of Montreuil-sur-Mer. Communes of the Pas-de-Calais department "Répertoire national des...
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    Mayor Madeleine's (a.k.a. Jean Valjean's) factory in her hometown of Montreuil-sur-Mer, and has a public letter-writer compose her letters to the Thénardiers...
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    [Hauts-de-France region of France, 14 miles (22 km) southeast of Montreuil-sur-Mer. Communes of the Pas-de-Calais department "Répertoire national des...
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  • 1274 Treaty of Montreuil or Montreuil-sur-Mer was an agreement between Edward I of England and Guy, Count of Flanders, finalised at Montreuil in the County...
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  • identity as Monsieur Madeleine, a wealthy factory owner and mayor of Montreuil-sur-Mer. Fantine, a single mother, works in his factory to support her daughter...
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    in the Hauts-de-France region of France 16 miles (22 km) east of Montreuil-sur-Mer on the other side of the battlefield of Agincourt from the village...
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    Flanders retaliated by attacking Normandy. Arnulf captured the castle of Montreuil-sur-Mer, expelling Herluin, after which Herluin and William cooperated to...
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    Gonneville-sur-Mer (French pronunciation: [ɡɔnvil syʁ mɛʁ] ) is a commune in the Calvados department in the Normandy region in northwestern France. Communes...
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    opposed to William's power, proposed that Edgar be given the castle of Montreuil-sur-Mer on the Channel, which would have given Edgar a strategic advantage...
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    Sainte-Croix-sur-Mer (French pronunciation: [sɛ̃t kʁwa syʁ mɛʁ] , literally Sainte-Croix on Sea) is a commune in the Calvados department in the Normandy...
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    Hauts-de-France region of France about 14 miles (23 km) northeast of Montreuil-sur-Mer. Communes of the Pas-de-Calais department "Répertoire national des...
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  • Valenciennes, Cambrai, Avesnes-sur-Helpe, Calais, Saint-Omer, Béthune, Lens, Arras, Boulogne-sur-Mer and Montreuil-sur-Mer, and at the Institut Saint-Henri...
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    Langrune-sur-Mer (French pronunciation: [lɑ̃ɡʁyn syʁ mɛʁ] , literally Langrune on Sea) is a commune in the Calvados department in the Normandy region...
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    pp. 223–226, 230, 232. Groot 1988, p. 226. Groot 1988, p. 230. "Montreuil-sur-Mer: British GHQ on the Western Front- Remembrance Trails of the Great...
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