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Orchies

Orchies is a small town in the Nord department of northern France, between Lille and Douai. With Lille and Douai it formed Walloon Flanders, the French-speaking south of the County of Flanders, and was transferred with them to the French crown in 1312 after the Franco-Flemish wars. It returned to Flanders in 1369 and became French again through the conquests of Louis XIV in 1667–1668.

Orchies
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The Epoch Institute. (2026). Orchies. In The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia. https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/orchies
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