Poperinge (Dutch pronunciation: [ˈpoːpəˌrɪŋə] ; French: Poperinghe, Poperingue [pɔpʁɛ̃ɡ]; West Flemish: Poperienge) is a city and municipality located...
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Battle of Dunkirk (section Action at Poperinge)
of them between Poperinge and the Mont. The German 6th Panzer Division could probably have destroyed the 44th Division at Poperinge on 29 May, thereby...
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derivation associates "poplin" with products of the cloth industry of Poperinge in Flanders in present-day Belgium. The most common usage of poplin until...
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town of Poperinge in Belgium. Sitting a few miles back from the trenches around Ypres (nowadays known by its Flemish name Ieper), Poperinge (or "Pops"...
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rural municipality, located between the small urban centres of Ypres and Poperinge and the metropolitan area of Kortrijk-Lille along the E17. On 1 January...
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Dirk Frimout (category People from Poperinge)
Dirk Dries David Damiaan, Viscount Frimout (born 21 March 1941 in Poperinge, Belgium) is an astrophysicist for the European Space Agency. He flew aboard...
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Hooverphonic from 1997 until 2008 and again since 2020. Geike was born in Poperinge and grew up in Westouter, a town that is close to the French border. From...
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British Commonwealth War Graves Commission Cemetery 1 Poperinge Poperinghe Old Military Cemetery 1 Poperinge Poperinghe New Military Cemetery 1 Proven Mendinghem...
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Thomas Blondeau (June 21, 1978 in Poperinge – October 20, 2013 in Poperinge) was a Flemish writer, poet and journalist. He studied literature at the University...
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M. (1980). 2000 jaar gewichten in de nederlanden (in Dutch). Lochem-Poperinge: De Tijdstroom. ISBN 9060879651. (in Dutch) "Guide to The Hague – Where...
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