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    Portbail (French pronunciation: [pɔʁbaj]; sometimes spelled Port-Bail) is a former commune in the Manche department in north-western France. On 1 January...
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    Peninsula some 40 km south by south-west of Cherbourg and 10 km north of Portbail. Access to the commune is by highway D650 from Les Moitiers-d'Allonne to...
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    turned for their respective drop zones. The initial point for the 101st at Portbail, code-named "Muleshoe", was approximately 10 miles (16 km) south of that...
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    was established on 1 January 2019 by merger of the former communes of Portbail (the seat), Denneville and Saint-Lô-d'Ourville. Communes of the Manche...
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    in Normandy, France. The railway runs between Barneville-Carteret and Portbail on part of the former railway line linking Carentan to Barneville-Carteret...
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    Genêts Hippodrome Jean-Gabin, Moulins-la-Marche Hippodrome Les Pins, Portbail Unclassified and non-trotting racetracks: Hippodrome de Deauville-La Touques...
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  • Baubigny Fierville-les-Mines La Haye-d'Ectot Le Mesnil Les Moitiers-d'Allonne Portbail Saint-Georges-de-la-Rivière Saint-Jean-de-la-Rivière Saint-Lô-d'Ourville...
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    Guernsey and Alderney to their initial point on the Cotentin coast at Portbail, code-named "Muleshoe". Over the Cotentin Peninsula, numerous factors reduced...
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    for them in 1903. He was killed in action during World War I. Born in Portbail (Lower Normandy) on 22 October 1882, René began his football career with...
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    Bretteville-sur-Ay the race followed the coastline to an intermediate sprint at Portbail. The route then continued north through Barneville-Carteret, Les Pieux...
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