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Ardennes classics
The Ardennes classics are three cycling classics held in mid-April in the Belgian Ardennes and southern Limburg in the Netherlands: Amstel Gold Race, La Flèche Wallonne and Liège–Bastogne–Liège. The races are notable for their hilly courses, and often have similar riders competing for the top positions as the races are held closely following each other.
Jemappes
Jemappes is a Walloon town in south-western Belgium, province Hainaut. Since 1973, it is part of the city Mons.
Jemappes 1792 Order of Battle
In the Battle of Jemappes on 6 November 1792, a French army led by Charles François Dumouriez attacked and defeated an Austrian army commanded by Albert of Saxe-Teschen. Though the Austrians were outnumbered three-to-one, the victory greatly encouraged the population of the young First French Republic.
Jemeppe-sur-Sambre
Jemeppe-sur-Sambre is a Walloon municipality located in the Belgian province of Namur. On 1 January 2006 the municipality had 17,990 inhabitants.
Jemmape (department)
Jemmape [ʒɛ.map] was a department of the First French Empire in present-day Belgium. It was named after the Battle of Jemappes, fought between the French and the Austrians in 1792 near the village of Jemappes, near Mons.
Jemeppe-sur-Meuse
Jemeppe-sur-Meuse is a section of the Belgian city of Seraing, located in Wallonia, in the province of Liège. It was a separate municipality before the merging of municipalities in 1977.
Ardennes
The Ardennes ; Dutch: Ardennen [ɑrˈdɛnə(n)] (listen); German: Ardennen; Walloon: Årdene [ɑːʀdɛn]; Luxembourgish: Ardennen [ɑʁˈdænən]), also known as the Ardennes Forest or Forest of Ardennes, is a region of extensive forests, rough terrain, rolling hills and ridges. Geologically, the range is a western extension of the Eifel, and both were raised during the Givetian age of the Devonian (382.7 to 387.7 million years ago), as were several other named ranges of the same greater range.Located primarily in Belgium and Luxembourg, but stretching as well into Germany and France (lending its name to the Ardennes department and the former Champagne-Ardenne region) and geologically into the Eifel (the eastern extension of the Ardennes Forest into Bitburg-Prüm, Germany), most of the Ardennes proper is located in southeastern Wallonia, the southern and more rural part of the Kingdom of Belgium (away from the coastal plain but encompassing more than half of the country's total area).
Ardennes (department)
Ardennes ) is a department in the Grand Est region of northeastern France named after the Ardennes area. Its prefecture is the town Charleville-Mézières.
Ardenne Abbey massacre
The Ardenne Abbey massacre occurred during the Battle of Normandy at the Ardenne Abbey, a Premonstratensian monastery in Saint-Germain-la-Blanche-Herbe, near Caen, France. In June 1944, 20 Canadian soldiers were massacred in a garden at the abbey by members of the 12th SS Panzer Division Hitlerjugend over the course of several days and weeks.
Ardennes American Cemetery and Memorial
Ardennes American Cemetery and Memorial is a Second World War American military war grave cemetery, located in the village of Neuville-en-Condroz, near the southeast edge of Neupré, some 20 km south-west of Liège in Belgium. The cemetery, dedicated in 1960, contains 5,329 American war dead and covers 90.5 acres (36.6 ha).
Ardennes's 1st constituency
The 1st constituency of the Ardennes is a French legislative constituency in the Ardennes département. It is currently represented by Bérengère Poletti of The Republicans.
Ardennes's 2nd constituency
The 2nd constituency of the Ardennes is a French legislative constituency in the Ardennes département. It is currently represented by Pierre Cordier of The Republicans.
Ardennes's 3rd constituency
The 3rd constituency of the Ardennes is a French legislative constituency in the Ardennes département. It is currently represented by Jean-Luc Warsmann of The Republicans.