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Boulogne-sur-Mer (inhabited place) |
Coordinates: |
| Lat: 50 43 15 N degrees minutes |
Lat: 50.7207 decimal degrees |
| Long: 001 36 16 E degrees minutes |
Long: 1.6046 decimal degrees |
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Note: Destroyed and inhabitants massacred by Normans in 882; the prize in disputes between Flanders and Ponthieu; held by England 1544-1550; destroyed by Emperor Charles V; site where Napoleon's army prepared for attack on England in 1805. |
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| Boulogne-sur-Mer (preferred,C,V,English,U)
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| Boulogne-sur-Mer (French-P,U,N)
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| Boulogne (C,V,English-P,U,N)
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| Boulogne (German-P,U,N)
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| Boulogne (French,U,N)
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| Bonen (C,O,Dutch-P,U,N)
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| Bolonia (H,O,Latin,U,N)
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| Bononia (H,O)
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| Gesoriacum (H,O)
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............ | ancient name |
| Gesoriacum Bononia (H,O)
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............ | ancient |
| Gessoriacum (H,O)
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............ | ancient |
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Gaul (historical region) (P) |
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was an important ancient center |
| city (C) |
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| port (C) |
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since ancient Roman times |
| fishing community (C) |
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| industrial center (C) |
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Via Belgica .......... (route) |
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(World, Europe) [8713909] |
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