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Béthune

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Béthune (archaic and Bethwyn historically in English) is a city in northern France, sub-prefecture of the Pas-de-Calais department. [1]

51 relations: A1 autoroute, A26 autoroute, Aachen, Amsterdam, Antoine Busnois, Arras, Artois, Association football, Belfry (architecture), Berlin, Brussels, Calais, Channel Tunnel, Chime (bell instrument), Cologne, Communauté d'agglomération de Béthune-Bruay, Artois-Lys Romane, Communes of France, Communes of the Pas-de-Calais department, Composer, Conon de Béthune, Departments of France, FC Sochaux-Montbéliard, France, Germany, Hastings, Jérôme Leroy (footballer), Jean Buridan, Lille, London, Lullaby, Manchester, Maximilien de Béthune, Duke of Sully, Nicolas Fauvergue, Paris, Pas-de-Calais, Patois, Philosopher, Picard language, Pierre de Manchicourt, Poet, Provinces of France, RC Lens, Renaissance music, Schwerte, Sister city, Spring Offensive, Subprefectures in France, Sully-sur-Loire, Thomas Crecquillon, Trouvère, ..., United Kingdom. Expand index (1 more) »

A1 autoroute

The A1 Autoroute, also known as l'autoroute du Nord (the Northern Motorway), is the busiest of France's autoroutes.

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A26 autoroute

The A26 is a long French motorway connecting Calais and Troyes.

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Aachen

Aachen or Bad Aachen, French and traditional English: Aix-la-Chapelle, is a spa and border city.

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Amsterdam

Amsterdam is the capital and most populous municipality of the Netherlands.

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Antoine Busnois

Antoine Busnois (also Busnoys) (c. 1430 – 6 November 1492) was a French composer and poet of the early Renaissance Burgundian School.

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Arras

Arras (Atrecht) is the capital (chef-lieu/préfecture) of the Pas-de-Calais department, which forms part of the region of Hauts-de-France; prior to the reorganization of 2014 it was located in Nord-Pas-de-Calais.

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Artois

Artois (adjective Artesian; Artesië) is a region of northern France.

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Association football

Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a team sport played between two teams of eleven players with a spherical ball.

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Belfry (architecture)

The belfry is a structure enclosing bells for ringing as part of a building, usually as part of a bell tower or steeple.

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Berlin

Berlin is the capital and the largest city of Germany, as well as one of its 16 constituent states.

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Brussels

Brussels (Bruxelles,; Brussel), officially the Brussels-Capital Region (All text and all but one graphic show the English name as Brussels-Capital Region.) (Région de Bruxelles-Capitale, Brussels Hoofdstedelijk Gewest), is a region of Belgium comprising 19 municipalities, including the City of Brussels, which is the de jure capital of Belgium.

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Calais

Calais (Calés; Kales) is a city and major ferry port in northern France in the department of Pas-de-Calais, of which it is a sub-prefecture.

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Channel Tunnel

The Channel Tunnel (Le tunnel sous la Manche; also nicknamed the Chunnel) is a rail tunnel linking Folkestone, Kent, in the United Kingdom, with Coquelles, Pas-de-Calais, near Calais in northern France, beneath the English Channel at the Strait of Dover.

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Chime (bell instrument)

A carillon-like instrument with fewer than 23 bells is called a chime.

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Cologne

Cologne (Köln,, Kölle) is the largest city in the German federal state of North Rhine-Westphalia and the fourth most populated city in Germany (after Berlin, Hamburg, and Munich).

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Communauté d'agglomération de Béthune-Bruay, Artois-Lys Romane

Communauté d'agglomération de Béthune-Bruay, Artois-Lys Romane is the communauté d'agglomération, an intercommunal structure, centred on the cities of Béthune and Bruay-la-Buissière.

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Communes of France

The commune is a level of administrative division in the French Republic.

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Communes of the Pas-de-Calais department

The following is a list of the 891 communes of the Pas-de-Calais department of France.

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Composer

A composer (Latin ''compōnō''; literally "one who puts together") is a musician who is an author of music in any form, including vocal music (for a singer or choir), instrumental music, electronic music, and music which combines multiple forms.

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Conon de Béthune

Conon de Béthune (before 1160 in the former region of Artois, today Pas-de-Calais - 17 December 1219, possibly at Adrianople) was a French crusader and "trouvère" poet who became a senior official and finally regent of the Latin Empire of Constantinople.

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Departments of France

In the administrative divisions of France, the department (département) is one of the three levels of government below the national level ("territorial collectivities"), between the administrative regions and the commune.

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FC Sochaux-Montbéliard

Football Club Sochaux-Montbéliard (commonly referred to as FCSM or simply Sochaux) is a French association football club based in the city of Montbéliard.

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France

France, officially the French Republic (République française), is a sovereign state whose territory consists of metropolitan France in Western Europe, as well as several overseas regions and territories.

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Germany

Germany (Deutschland), officially the Federal Republic of Germany (Bundesrepublik Deutschland), is a sovereign state in central-western Europe.

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Hastings

Hastings is a town and borough in East Sussex on the south coast of England, east of the county town of Lewes and south east of London.

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Jérôme Leroy (footballer)

Jérôme Leroy (born 4 November 1974) is a French former footballer who played as an attacking midfielder.

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Jean Buridan

Jean Buridan (Latin: Johannes Buridanus; –) was an influential 14th century French philosopher.

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Lille

Lille (Rijsel; Rysel) is a city at the northern tip of France, in French Flanders.

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London

London is the capital and most populous city of England and the United Kingdom.

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Lullaby

A lullaby, or cradle song, is a soothing song or piece of music that is usually played for (or sung to) children.

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Manchester

Manchester is a city and metropolitan borough in Greater Manchester, England, with a population of 530,300.

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Maximilien de Béthune, Duke of Sully

Maximilien de Béthune, 1st Duke of Sully, Marquis of Rosny and Nogent, Count of Muret and Villebon, Viscount of Meaux (13 December 156022 December 1641) was a nobleman, soldier, statesman, and faithful right-hand man who assisted king Henry IV of France in the rule of France.

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Nicolas Fauvergue

Nicolas Fauvergue (born 13 October 1984) is a retired French professional footballer who played as a forward.

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Paris

Paris is the capital and most populous city of France, with an area of and a population of 2,206,488.

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Pas-de-Calais

Pas-de-Calais is a department in northern France named after the French designation of the Strait of Dover, which it borders ('pas' meaning passage).

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Patois

Patois (pl. same or) is speech or language that is considered nonstandard, although the term is not formally defined in linguistics.

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Philosopher

A philosopher is someone who practices philosophy, which involves rational inquiry into areas that are outside either theology or science.

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Picard language

Picard is a langues d'oïl dialect spoken in the northernmost part of France and southern Belgium.

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Pierre de Manchicourt

Pierre de Manchicourt (c. 1510 – October 5, 1564) was a Renaissance composer of the Franco-Flemish School.

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Poet

A poet is a person who creates poetry.

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Provinces of France

The Kingdom of France was organized into provinces until March 4, 1790, when the establishment of the department (French: département) system superseded provinces.

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RC Lens

Racing Club de Lens (commonly referred to as RC Lens or simply Lens) is a French football club based in the northern city of Lens in the Pas-de-Calais department.

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Renaissance music

Renaissance music is vocal and instrumental music written and performed in Europe during the Renaissance era.

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Schwerte

Schwerte is a town in the district of Unna, in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany.

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Sister city

Twin towns or sister cities are a form of legal or social agreement between towns, cities, counties, oblasts, prefectures, provinces, regions, states, and even countries in geographically and politically distinct areas to promote cultural and commercial ties.

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Spring Offensive

The 1918 Spring Offensive, or Kaiserschlacht (Kaiser's Battle), also known as the Ludendorff Offensive, was a series of German attacks along the Western Front during the First World War, beginning on 21 March 1918, which marked the deepest advances by either side since 1914.

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Subprefectures in France

In France, a subprefecture (sous-préfecture) is the administrative center of a departmental arrondissement that does not contain the prefecture for its department.

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Sully-sur-Loire

Sully-sur-Loire is a commune in the Loiret department in north-central France.

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Thomas Crecquillon

Thomas Crecquillon or Créquillon (– probably early 1557) was a Franco-Flemish school composer of the Renaissance.

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Trouvère

Trouvère, sometimes spelled trouveur, is the Northern French (langue d'oïl) form of the langue d'oc (Occitan) word trobador.

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United Kingdom

The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom (UK) or Britain,Usage is mixed with some organisations, including the and preferring to use Britain as shorthand for Great Britain is a sovereign country in western Europe.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Béthune

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