Battle of Bouvines
The Battle of Bouvines, which took place on 27 July 1214, was a medieval battle which ended the 1202–1214 Anglo-French War.
Marchiennes is a commune in the Nord department in northern France.
Population: 4,671
Latitude: 50° 23' 60.00" N
Longitude: 3° 16' 59.99" E
The Battle of Bouvines, which took place on 27 July 1214, was a medieval battle which ended the 1202–1214 Anglo-French War.
Sevel is an acronym of "Société Européenne de Véhicules Légers" (European Light Vehicle Company), established in 1978 by PSA Peugeot Citroën and Fiat for a joint venture of factories building cars for both carmakers. Formerly, Alfa Romeo, Lancia and…
The University of Douai is a former university in Douai, France.
The Canal du Nord is a 95-kilometre (59 mi) long canal in northern France. The canal connects the Canal latéral à l'Oise at Pont-l'Évêque to the Sensée Canal at Arleux. The French government, in partnership with coal-mining companies in the Nord and…
The “Société Franco-Belge” was a French/Belgian engineering firm that specialised in the construction of railway vehicles and their components and accessories. The company originated in 1959 as the Belgian firm Compagnie Belge pour la Construction d…
The Musée des Beaux-Arts in Tournai, Belgium, is an art museum.
The Scarpe is a river in the Nord-Pas-de-Calais region of France, left tributary of the Scheldt.
The following is part of a list of the 652 communes of the Nord department of France.
Saint-Amand Abbey (Abbaye de Saint-Amand), once known as Elno, Elnon or Elnone Abbey, is a former Benedictine abbey in Saint-Amand-les-Eaux, Nord, France.
Valenciennes-Denain Airport (IATA: XVS, ICAO: LFAV) is a regional airport in France, located southwest of Valenciennes (Departement du Nord,Nord-Pas-de-Calais); 115 miles (185 km) north-northeast of Paris
The Musée de la Chartreuse is an art museum in a former Carthusian monastery in Douai.
The following is part of a list of the 652 communes of the Nord department of France.
The Bassin Rond is a pond located beside the Canal de la Sensée as it joins the Canal de l'Escaut near Estrun, France.
Douai is a railway station serving the town of Douai, Nord, France. The station opened in 1846 and is locatied on the Paris–Lille railway and Douai–Valenciennes railway.
Anchin Abbey was a Benedictine monastery founded in 1079 in the commune of Pecquencourt in what is now the Nord department of France.
Wez-Velvain is a village in the municipality of Brunehaut, which is located in the Belgian province of Hainaut.
Villers-Campeau is a former commune in the Nord department in northern France, absorbed in 1947 into Somain.
The Sensée is a river in northern France that crosses the département of Pas-de-Calais. The source is found at Croisilles and passes through Lécluse. It joins the Canal du Nord at Arleux, which then joins the canalized Escaut at Bouchain.