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Apr 12, 2024 · Dunkirk, town and seaport, Nord département, Hauts-de-France région, northern France. It lies along the Strait of Dover between Calais and the Belgian frontier, 49 miles (79 km) northwest of Lille by road.
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3 days ago · Arras is Pas-de-Calais ' third most populous town after Calais and Boulogne-sur-Mer. The town counted 43,693 residents in 2012, with the Arras metropolitan area having a population of 124,200. [8] Arras is located 182 kilometers (113 miles) north of Paris and can be reached in 2 hours by car and in 50 minutes by TGV.
- 52–99 m (171–325 ft), (avg. 72 m or 236 ft)
- Pas-de-Calais
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Apr 22, 2024 · Address: first location - 16 rue Victor masse 75009 Paris Address: second location - 60 rue de Dunkerque 75009 Paris Photo: Jean-Philippe Lebee / Courtesy of the Parisian Vintage The Parisian Vintage
Apr 23, 2024 · The Paris arrondissements were first created in 1795. At this time, the city was much smaller (for example, Montmartre wasn’t even considered to be part of Paris!) and so there were only 12 original districts of the French capital. All of this changed in 1860 (following the overhaul of the city by Haussmann).
3 days ago · In the administrative divisions of France, the department ( French: département, pronounced [depaʁtəmɑ̃] ⓘ) is one of the three levels of government under the national level (" territorial collectivities "), between the administrative regions and the communes. Ninety-six departments are in metropolitan France, with an additional five ...
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- 101 (as of January 2021)
Apr 23, 2024 · Paris boasts 20 of these, and each one is split into 4 smaller sections called quarters. The 1st Arrondissement sits right at the heart of Paris, while the other 19 fan out around it in a snail-shell pattern, going clockwise. You might also come across ‘ rive gauche ‘ and ‘ rive droite ‘ when exploring Paris.
The 4 arrondissements of the Eure-et-Loir department are: [1] Arrondissement of Chartres, ( prefecture of the Eure-et-Loir department: Chartres) with 148 communes. [2] The population of the arrondissement was 209,218 in 2016. Arrondissement of Châteaudun, ( subprefecture: Châteaudun) with 61 communes. [3]
