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1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km 2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. Saint-Jean-des-Baisants ( French pronunciation: [sɛ̃ ʒɑ̃ de bɛzɑ̃]) is a former commune in the Manche department in Normandy in north-western France. [ 2] On 1 January 2016, it was merged into the new commune of ...
The Diocese of Tournai (Latin: Dioecesis Tornacensis) is a Latin Church ecclesiastical territory or diocese of the Catholic Church in Belgium. The diocese was formed in 1146, upon the dissolution of the Diocese of Noyon and Tournai, which had existed since the 7th century. [1] It is now suffragan in the ecclesiastical province of the ...
Coordinates: 50°36′24″N 03°23′06″E. Church of Saint Quentin, Tournai. The Church of St. Quentin (French: Église Saint-Quentin) is a Roman Catholic parish church in Tournai, Belgium. The largely Romanesque building is located on the main square of the town, the Grand-Place. Known to have existed since the 10th century, the current ...
Tournai, known as Tornacum, was a place of minor importance in Roman times, a stopping place where the Roman road from Cologne on the Rhine to Boulogne on the coast crossed the river Scheldt. It was fortified under Emperor Maximian in the 3rd century AD, [6] when the Roman limes was withdrawn to the string of outposts along the road.
Tournai Cathedral. The Cathedral of Our Lady (French: Notre-Dame de Tournai; Dutch: Onze-Lieve-Vrouw van Doornik), or Tournai Cathedral, is a Roman Catholic cathedral, see of the Diocese of Tournai in Tournai, Belgium. It has been classified both as a Wallonia major heritage site since 1936 [5] and as a World Heritage Site since 2000.
Scientists have identified several new marine species in a pristine underwater ecosystem recently discovered in international waters -- and they expect to find more. Modern technology that allows ...
Tournaisis. The Tournaisis, or Tournai (Flemish: Doornik ), a territory in the Low Countries in present-day Belgium, is one of Europe's oldest town centres. [ 1] Located in the Wallonia region of Belgium on the Scheldt River (French: L'Escaut ), northwest of Mons, Tournai residents are primarily French-speaking.
Saint-Jean-de-Monts is known for its sandy beach, which is more than eight kilometres long. Due to its often low tides, it offers a great area for walkers, fishermen, and beach games. The town is noteworthy for the recent restoration of its seafront, [3] a town planning operation that took over five years to complete. The result now means a ...