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unusual facts about Nord-Pas-de-Calais



1926–27 Prima Divisione

L'organico dei tre gironi del Nord fu costituito dalla metà esatta dei partecipanti alla precedente edizione della Seconda Divisione, dalle sette perdenti gli spareggi per la salvezza di Prima Divisione, e dall'Anconitana prelevata dal raggruppamenti meridionali.

Abdul Azeez Abdul Rahim

Azeez was chosen as Barisan Nasional(BN)candidate for Pilihan raya umum 2008 against a candidate from the Pan-Malaysian Islamic Party(PAS), Uztaz Taib Azamudden Md Taib for the parliament Baling, Kedah but lost with 7613 votes.

Alain Barrière

In 1965 he was offered, and accepted, a leading role in a heist thriller, Pas de panique, alongside Pierre Brasseur.

Arc International

The company was established in Arques, Pas-de-Calais, where it is still headquartered, as a glass-making firm under the name Verrerie des Sept Ecluses in 1825.

Bangor Union Station

Maine Central Eastern Division branch line trains to Calais, Bar Harbor, or Bucksport required backing moves to cross the Penobscot River bridge approach upstream of the station.

Bernard-René de Launay

The thirteen years that he spent in this position were uneventful, though on 19 December 1778 he reportedly made the faux pas of failing to fire the cannon of the Bastille as a salute on the birth of a daughter (Madame Royale) to King Louis XVI.

Bodega Band

In this period the Bodega band also toured to Reykjavík (1978), performed at Moldejazz (1977) and at the "Festspillene i Nord-Norge" (1973).

Bon Secours Sisters

For example, in northern France, four large schools which had been started in Lille and Lens to serve the local mining population were closed, based on accusations that they were not in compliance with the institute's approved charter.

Boulogne–Calais railway

The line opened on 7 January 1867 with railway stations at Wimille, Marquise, Caffiers and St Pierre.

British Rail Class 319

On 10 December 1993 they travelled through the Channel Tunnel to Calais-Fréthun and back with a party of invited guests, after the construction consortium TransManche Link (who were responsible for the construction of the Tunnel) had transferred responsibility for operations and management over to Eurotunnel.

Bukit Kepong Incident

On 21 August 2011, Mohamad Sabu, Deputy President of PAS, made a controversial statement saying that Mat Indera, the leader of the communists during the Bukit Kepong Incident, was a national hero for fighting against British rule.

Calonne

Calonne-Ricouart, commune of the Pas-de-Calais department in France

Cat and Fiddle Inn

Various etymologies are claimed: some believe it is a corruption of le chat fidèle ('the faithful cat'); others (including Brewer's Dictionary of Phrase and Fable) that it comes from 'Caton le Fidèle' (a former governor of Calais); a third theory is that it derives from 'Catherine la Fidèle' (Catherine of Aragon).

Filmtecknarna

They are: Jonas Odell, Stig Bergqvist, Jonas Dahlbeck, Jessica Laurén, Johanna Andersson, Boris Nawratil, David Nord, Jory Hull, Lucas Zanotti, Jasmin Jodry, and a new director soon to be made public.

Fort Risban

Edward III of England's troops, finding the defences of Calais impenetrable, decided to erect a small fort to prevent any supplies reaching the town by sea, with a view to starving the inhabitants into submission.

Gare de Chepoix

The station was first opened in 1846 by the Compagnie des chemins de fer du Nord (Nord Railway Company) and served the small industrial village of Chepoix.

Geology of East Sussex

For much of its history the Weald had been slowly subsiding basin, but the growth of the Alpine Chain to the south during the Cenozoic caused a reactivation of the Variscan basement basin-bounding faults, the rocks were arched into a broad anticline which stretched across the English Channel to Northern France, the Weald–Artois anticline.

Gilbert Rist

(with Majid Rahnema and Gustavo Esteva), Le Nord perdu, Repères pour l’après-développement, coll.

Gommecourt, Pas-de-Calais

The victorious German troops who defended the village during the battle were the 52nd Infantry Division from Baden together with 2nd Guards Reserve Division from Westphalia; the British Army force taking part in the attack comprised the 56th (London) Division and the 46th (North Midland) Division.

Gustav Sjaastad

He was elected to the Parliament of Norway from Nord-Trøndelag in 1958, and until 1959 his seat in parliament was taken by Hans Mikal Solsem.

Incourt

Incourt, Pas-de-Calais, a commune of the Pas-de-Calais department in northern France

Isabel Neville, Duchess of Clarence

The ceremony however took place in secret at Calais on 11 July 1469, conducted by Isabel Neville's Uncle George Neville, archbishop of York.

Isabelle Dinoire

The first partial face transplant surgery on a living human was performed on Dinoire on 27 November 2005 by Professor Bernard Devauchelle, assisted by Professor Jean-Michel Dubernard at the Centre hospitalier Universitaire Nord in Amiens, France.

Jacques Mistral

Mistral has held several professorships: from 1978 to 1992, he was a professor of Economics at Université Paris-Nord; from 1974 to 1992, at ENSAE; from 1984 to 1994, at the École Polytechnique; and from 1982 to 1996, at Sciences Po.

James Audley

In 1360 he took the fortress of Chaven in Brittany, as well as the castle of Ferte-sous-Jouarre, and was present at Calais when peace was made between England and France in October 1360.

Je voudrais pas crever

In 2009, fifty years after Vian's death, a wave of books about him and his work as well as re-issues of his books (including no fewer than thirty-three Le Livre de poche editions) proved that Vian is more popular than ever, as the French magazine Le Point stated; one of the new books is a reissue of Je voudrais pas crever, illustrated by Jacques de Loustal and others.

Kristofer Uppdal

Kristofer Oliver Uppdal (19 February 1878 – 26 December 1961), born Opdal, was a Norwegian poet and author, born in Beitstad, Nord-Trøndelag.

Lanke

Lånke, a former municipality in Stjørdal, Nord-Trøndelag county, Norway

Les Clées

The municipality was part of the Orbe District until it was dissolved on 31 August 2006, and Les Clées became part of the new district of Jura-Nord Vaudois.

Lieu-Saint-Amand

It is the home of the Sevel Nord facility, an automobile factory which builds Fiat vehicles.

MV Volcan de Tacande

After 7 December 1997, during operation between Calais - Dover, the SeaFrance Monet was laid up in Dunkerque.

Operation Acid Drop

Each raid consisted of one officer and 14 men, their targets were the beaches at Hardelot and Merlimont in the Pas-de-Calais, France with the aim of carrying out reconnaissance and if possible, to capture a German soldier.

PAS/CAL

After an exhaustive two years spent writing & recording their debut LP, I Was Raised On Matthew, Mark, Luke & Laura, which was released on July 22, 2008 via Le Grand Magistery, PAS/CAL disbanded.

Quebec Route 385

The highway runs from the junction of Route 138 in Forestville and ends over 80 kilometers further north into large wooded areas which the main purpose of the road is for the wood industry in the Côte-Nord region.

Richebourg

Richebourg-l'Avoué and Richebourg-Saint-Vaast, former communes of the Pas-de-Calais department, now part of Richebourg

Robert Majzels

Governor General's Award for French to English translation for Just Fine, from the French Pas Pire, by France Daigle (2000).

Romainmôtier-Envy

The municipality was part of the Orbe District until it was dissolved on 31 August 2006, and Romainmôtier-Envy became part of the new district of Jura-Nord Vaudois.

Rover Light Six

The act to promote the new Rover Light Six in a headline-grabbing campaign was the brainchild of former motorcycle tester and pioneer publicist Dudley Noble, in which a Light Six was to race the Blue Train across France from Calais to St Raphael on the Côte d'Azur.

San Ferry Ann

Wordlessly, with soundtrack and sound effects, it tells the story of a holiday crossing from Dover to Calais.

SNCF Class Z 23500

They are mainly used on stopping services around the French Riviera (Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur), Lille (Nord-Pas-de-Calais) and Lyon (Rhône-Alpes).

Stahl Brandenburg Rugby

The following year, in 1959, a rugby department was formed at the Thälmannwerft, a Shipbuilding company, as part of the BSG Motor Nord.

Sykehuset Levanger Station

Nord-Trøndelag County Municipality is considering re-routing one of the city buses to run from the station to the hospital, and perhaps having a free transfer service.

Tanganyika District

From July 11, 1962 to December 28, 1966, this area was known as the province of Nord-Katanga, but the administration of the province was taken over in 1966 by the central government, and it was finally merged into the restored Katanga Province by the Mobutu government.

TER-GV

At the northern end of the LGV Nord in Calais-Fréthun, the train continues on the conventional line at lower speed toward Boulogne, Etaples and Rang.

The Five Crosses

The Five Crosses (or commonly known as Les Cinq Croix) is a Christian monument of Calvary at Ploubezere, near Lannion, Côtes-du-Nord, in Brittany, France.

The Pas

In Canada and elsewhere, the book is used as part of school reading, and so despite its size, The Pas is widely known to several generations of Canadians, much as the town of Hannibal, Missouri is known to many from Mark Twain's writings.

Thierry Paulin

The 1994 movie J'ai pas sommeil (I Can't Sleep), by director Claire Denis (Chocolat, No Fear No Die) was based on the Paulin case.

Thomas Poynings, 1st Baron Poynings

In the 1540s, he served King Henry VIII as Marshal of Calais and keeper of the castle at Guînes, then took an active role in the invasion of France in 1544, in particular at Montreuil and the sieges of Boulogne.

Thomas Waterman Wood

As examples of his work in this direction the following may be mentioned: The Yankee Pedlar had for its model a tin peddler known as "Snapping Tucker", a resident of Calais, Vermont.

Todd Bolender

Describing him in Jerome Robbins’ The Concert, she writes: “he was a henpecked husband who constantly escaped into daydreams of sexual conquest. Clad in a vest and long underwear and chewing on a huge cigar, he was the prototype of ... J. Walter Mitty.” Longtime New York City Ballet observer Robert Garis said of him in Agon, “his easy wit and charm in the first pas de trois seem unrecapturable” (ibid.)


see also

Arthur Baker-Clack

He was at the art colony at Étaples, Pas-de-Calais, Nord-Pas-de-Calais, France from 1910, and continued to live in the region during World War I and after.

Ensemble Ars Nova

The ensemble is supported by the Ministère de la Culture et de la Communication (DRAC Poitou-Charentes, DRAC Nord-Pas de Calais), Poitou-Charentes Nord-Pas de Calais, the town of Poitiers and SACEM.

Leval

Leval, Nord, a commune in the Nord-Pas-de-Calais region of France

Loïc Lantoine

Loïc Lantoine is a French singer and songwriter born in Armentières, Nord-Pas-de-Calais, France.

MS Nord Pas-de-Calais

Although in August, MyFerryLink on ran two vessels as Nord Pas-de-Calais was sent off for a full refit shortly before MyFerryLink began service.

MS Nord Pas-de-Calais is a freight ferry owned by Eurotunnel and operated by MyFerryLink.

MS SeaFrance Cézanne

Following the introduction of the SeaFrance Rodin in 2001 and the SeaFrance Berlioz in 2005, the SeaFrance Cézanne was relegated to freight only duties alongside the SeaFrance Nord Pas-De-Calais.

Musée des beaux-arts d'Arras

The Musée des beaux-arts d'Arras is located in the old Abbey of St. Vaast in Arras, in the Nord-Pas-de-Calais, France.

Rembercourt

Raimbeaucourt, a commune in the Nord department of Nord-Pas-de-Calais, France

Roucourt

Roucourt, Nord, a place in the Nord-Pas de Calais Region of France

Union of Arras

The Union of Arras (Dutch: Unie van Atrecht, Spanish: Unión de Arrás) was an accord signed on 6 January 1579 in Arras (Atrecht), under which the southern states of the Netherlands, today in Wallonia and the Nord-Pas-de-Calais (and Picardy) régions in France and Belgium, expressed their loyalty to the Spanish king Philip II and recognized his Governor-General, Don Juan of Austria.