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    arrondissement of Dunkirk (French: Dunkerque, Dutch: Duinkerke) is an arrondissement of France in the Nord department in the Hauts-de-France region. It has 111...
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  • The Est 0.250 to 0.500 and 0.701 to 0.766 were 0-6-0 locomotives for freight traffic of the Chemins de fer de l'Est. They were first put in service in...
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    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...
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    The Fort de Joux (French pronunciation: [fɔʁ də ʒu]) or Château de Joux (French pronunciation: [ʃato də ʒu]) is a castle, later transformed into a fort...
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    & 18, Miguel Poblet Circuit des 4 Cantons, Albert Dolhats Stage 6 Tour du Sud-Est, Ferdinand Devèze Overall Tour de l'Ariège, Gérard Saint Stage 1, Maurice...
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    Metre (category CS1 German-language sources (de))
    Base du système métrique décimal, ou Mesure de l'arc du méridien compris entre les parallèles de Dunkerque et Barcelone. T. 1 /, exécutée en 1792 et années...
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    History of the metre (category CS1 German-language sources (de))
    "El General Ibáñez e Ibáñez de Ibero, Marqués de Mulhacén". Zuerich, ETH-Bibliothek (1991). "La méridienne de Dunkerque à Barcelone et la déterminiation...
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    Fort des Dunes (category Séré de Rivières system)
    and sometime Fort de l'Est, is located in the commune of Leffrinckoucke, France, about 6 kilometres (3.7 mi) east of Dunkirk (Dunkerque). Built from 1878...
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    Metrication (category CS1 German-language sources (de))
    Base du système métrique décimal, ou Mesure de l'arc du méridien compris entre les parallèles de Dunkerque et Barcelone. T. 3 /, exécutée en 1792 et années...
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  • the Dutch origin of several town names in the region, such as that of 'Dunkerque' (Dunkirk) which is a French phonetic rendition of the original Dutch...
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