Hauts-de-France, an administrative region in northern France located on the English Channel and shares a border with Belgium, has five departments: Aisne, Nord, Oise, Pas-de-Calais and Somme. - AsNotedIn
| Place | Type | AsNotedIn | Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Place | Type | AsNotedIn | Area |
| Amiens | City |
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Somme |
| Beaumont-Hamel | Village |
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Somme |
| Calais | City |
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| La Madelaine Sous Montreuil-sue-Mer | Village |
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| Nord-Pas de Calais Mining Basin | |||
| Ovillers-la-Boisselle | Village |
|
Somme |
| Pozieres | Village |
|
Somme |
| Thiepval | Village |
|
Somme |
| Tourcoing | City |
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| Y/M/D | Person | Association | Description | Composition | Food | Event |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Y/M/D | Person | Association | Description | Composition | Food | Event |
| 1916/07/01 | Wilfred Nevill | Died | Montauban Alley is captured by the 18th Division, but Captain Wilfred Nevill's is killed by machine gun fire just short of the German wire. Captain Nevill is buried at Carnoy, France. | Battle of the Somme | ||
| 1940/05/29 | WILLDORA, one of the first ships to join in the Dunkirk evacuation, is damaged by shellfire while transporting 200 lives back to England. | Evacuation of Dunkirk |
| Particulars for Hauts-de-France: | |
|---|---|
| Locale type | Region of France |
| Vicinage | Type | AsNotedIn |
|---|---|---|
| Somme | Department of France |
| Work | Type | AsNotedIn | Creator | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Diary of a Country Priest | Book |
|
Georges Bernanos | Set in Ambricourt, France |
| Diary of a Country Priest | Film | Robert Bresson | Set in Ambricourt, France | |
| Fighting France: From Dunkerque to Belfort | Book |
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Edith Wharton | Dunkirk is a city in the Nord department in northern France. |
| Germinal | Book | Emile Zola | "Germinal" is set in the fictional mining town of Montsou, France | |
| The Diving Bell and the Butterfly | Film | Julian Schnabel | "The Diving Bell and the Butterfly" is set in Berck-sur-Mer, France | |
| The Marne (novella) | Novella |
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Edith Wharton | Battle of the Marne was a World War I battle fought along Marne River near Brasles, in Hauts-de-France in northern France. |