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  2. Nord (French department) - Wikipedia

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    Nord is part of the current Hauts-de-France region and is surrounded by the French departments of Pas-de-Calais, Somme, and Aisne, as well as by Belgium and the North Sea. Its area is 5,742.8 km 2 (2,217.3 sq mi). [5] It is the longest department in metropolitan France, measuring 184 km from Fort-Philippe in the north-west to Anor in the south ...

  3. Yvelines - Wikipedia

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    Yvelines (French: ⓘ eev-leen) is a department in the western part of the Île-de-France region in Northern France.In 2019, it had a population of 1,448,207. [4] Its prefecture is Versailles, home to the Palace of Versailles, the principal residence of the King of France from 1682 until 1789, a UNESCO World Heritage Site since 1979.

  4. Seine-Maritime - Wikipedia

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    Seine-Maritime (French pronunciation: [sɛn maʁitim] ⓘ) is a department of France in the Normandy region of northern France. It is situated on the northern coast of France, at the mouth of the Seine, and includes the cities of Rouen and Le Havre. Until 1955 it was named Seine-Inférieure. It had a population of 1,255,633 in 2019. [3]

  5. Aisne - Wikipedia

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    Aisne (/ eɪ n / ayn, [3] US also / ɛ n / en; [4] French: ⓘ; Picard: Ainne) is a French department in the Hauts-de-France region of northern France. It is named after the river Aisne . In 2020, it had a population of 529,374.

  6. Seine-et-Marne - Wikipedia

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    Seine-et-Marne (French pronunciation: [sɛn e maʁn] ⓘ) is a department in the Île-de-France region in Northern France.Named after the rivers Seine and Marne, it is the region's largest department with an area of 5,915 square kilometres (2,284 square miles); it roughly covers its eastern half.

  7. Chantilly, Oise - Wikipedia

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    Chantilly (/ ʃ æ n ˈ t ɪ l i / shan-TIL-ee, [3] French: ⓘ; Picard: Cantily) is a commune in the Oise department in the Valley of the Nonette in the Hauts-de-France region of Northern France. Surrounded by Chantilly Forest, the town of 10,863 inhabitants (2017) falls within the metropolitan area of Paris.

  8. Nord-Pas-de-Calais - Wikipedia

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    The Franco-Austrian War saw Northern France as a significant battleground following the Brabant and Liège revolutions. France declared war on Austria in April 1792, leading to the destruction of cities like Lille, Dunkirk, and Valenciennes. Austrian armies occupied French Hainaut from 1793 to 1794 until the French revolutionary army conquered ...

  9. Dunkirk - Wikipedia

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    Dunkirk (UK: / d ʌ n ˈ k ɜːr k / dun-KURK, US: / ˈ d ʌ n k ɜːr k / DUN-kurk, [3] [4] French: Dunkerque [dœ̃kɛʁk] ⓘ; Picard: Dunkèke; West Flemish: Duunkerke; Dutch: Duinkerke or Duinkerken) is a major port city in the department of Nord in northern France. [5] It lies 10 kilometres (6.2 mi) from the Belgian border. It has the ...

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