Aix-en-Issart
Encyclopedia
Aix-en-Issart is a commune
in the Pas-de-Calais department in northern France
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, at the D149 and D129 crossroads, by the banks of the small river Bras de Brosne
, a tributary of the Canche
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Communes of France
The commune is the lowest level of administrative division in the French Republic. French communes are roughly equivalent to incorporated municipalities or villages in the United States or Gemeinden in Germany...
in the Pas-de-Calais department in northern France
France
The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...
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Geography
A small village situated some 5 miles(3 km) east of Montreuil-sur-MerMontreuil-sur-Mer
Montreuil or Montreuil-sur-Mer is a sub-prefecture in the Pas-de-Calais department in northern France. It is located on the Canche river, not far from Étaples...
, at the D149 and D129 crossroads, by the banks of the small river Bras de Brosne
Bras de Brosne
The Bras de Bronne is a small river in northern France whose 11 km course crosses the departement of the Pas-de-Calais.Its source is at the hamlet of Etreuille, near the village of Saint-Michel-sous-Bois...
, a tributary of the Canche
Canche
The river Canche is one of the rivers that flow from the plateau of the southern Boulonnais and Picardy, into the English Channel. The Somme is the largest example. The basin of the Canche extends to 1,274 square kilometres and lies in the southern end of the département of Pas-de-Calais...
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