| Monchy | |
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Former Mayor S. J. R. de Monchy puts the first spade into the ground at the Vegetable Market, The Hague, for the building of a new city hall. | |
| Current region | France |
| Place of origin | Picardie |
The House of Monchy is an aristocratic family from Picardy in France. [1]
French literature is, generally speaking, literature written in the French language, particularly by citizens of France; it may also refer to literature written by people living in France who speak traditional languages of France other than French. Literature written in the French language, by citizens of other nations such as Belgium, Switzerland, Canada, Senegal, Tunisia, Algeria, Morocco, etc. is referred to as Francophone literature. France itself ranks first on the list of Nobel Prizes in literature by country.
Pierre-Étienne Flandin was a French conservative politician of the Third Republic, leader of the Democratic Republican Alliance (ARD), and Prime Minister of France from 8 November 1934 to 31 May 1935.
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Monchy-au-Bois is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Hauts-de-France region of France.
Monchy-Breton is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Hauts-de-France region of France.
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Monchy-le-Preux is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Hauts-de-France region of France.
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Monchy-Humières is a commune in the Oise department in northern France.
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