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3 unusual facts about Crespin


Aibert

Moved by a wandering minstrel singing a hymn of lament to Saint Theobald, Aibert began to live a life of asceticism with a Benedictine priest named John near the abbey in Crespin.

ANF Industrie

Ateliers de Construction du Nord de la France was a French locomotive manufacturer, based at Crespin in the Arrondissement of Valenciennes, northern France.

Société Franco-Belge

ANF Industrie, as of 2012 owned by Bombardier Inc., located nearby in Crespin, Arrondissement of Valenciennes, in the north of France


Joan Bodon

Upon completing his primary school teaching in his native Crespin, Joan Bodon was admitted to cours complémentaire in Naucelle in 1932.

Le Pacha

Retired to stud duty, he met with modest success as a sire while standing at Prince Aly Khan's Haras de Saint-Crespin near Le Mesnil-Mauger in Lower Normandy.


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