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Pori sub-region is a subdivision of Satakunta and one of the ... Coat of arms Municipality Population Land area (km 2) Density (/km 2 ... Pori: 83,375: 1,156: 72 94 % ...
According to one theory, Satakunta was a political and military entity already in the Late Iron Age of Finland (550 - 1150 AD). During the 13th century, the Swedish rule was consolidated. At the same time, the coastal strip received some Swedish inhabitants, who however were assimilated in the mainstream Finnish population.
Lens belongs to the intercommunality of Lens-Liévin, which consists of 36 communes, with a total population of 242,000. Lens, along with Douai and 65 other communes, forms the agglomeration ( unité urbaine ) of Douai-Lens, whose population as of 2018 was 504,281.
The arrondissement of Douai (West Flemish: Dowaai) is an arrondissement of France in the Nord department in the Hauts-de-France region. It has 64 communes . [ 2 ] Its population is 244,710 (2021), and its area is 476.6 km 2 (184.0 sq mi).
Normandy comprises mainland Normandy (a part of France) and insular Normandy (mostly the British Channel Islands). It covers 30,627 square kilometres (11,825 sq mi). [3] Its population in 2017 was 3,499,280. The inhabitants of Normandy are known as Normans; [1] the region is the historic homeland of the Norman language.
The first time in 1843 was to cement an early form of the Entente Cordiale between Britain and France. It was the first time monarchs of the two countries had met since King Henry VIII of England met with King Francis I of France on the Field of the Cloth of Gold in 1520. The Croix de Guerre was awarded to the town in 1944.
Port of Pori (Finnish: Porin satama) is a complex of three harbours. It is by the Gulf of Bothnia in Pori, Finland. The port authority of Pori was established in 1780. Today the Port of Pori is a corporation owned by the city. Port of Pori has liner service to several ports in Northern Europe, for example Hamburg, Ghent, St. Petersburg and ...
Pornic (French pronunciation: ⓘ; Pornizh in Breton, Port-Nitz in Gallo) is a commune in the Loire-Atlantique department in western France. In 1973 the commune of Pornic absorbed the neighbouring municipalities of Sainte-Marie-sur-Mer and Clion-sur-Mer.