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Bouvines — A town of Flanders, in what is now the Nord
A town of Flanders near a bridge over the Marque, where a royal army surprised in mid-crossing had to turn and win. (Editorial synthesis)
Bouvines is located in the Nord. (source: INSEE, Code officiel géographique)
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