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Furnes is a former municipality in Hedmark county, Norway. Furnes was separated from Vang in 1891. It was merged with Ringsaker January 1, 1964. The Norse form of the name was (also) Furnes. The meaning of the first element is unknown, the last element is nes ('headland'). Read enhanced Wikipedia article

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    Furnes

    Furnes, a former municipality in Norway. the French exonym for Veurne, previously used in English, a city located in West Flanders, Belgium.
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    Furnes, Norway

    Furnes is a former municipality in Hedmark county, Norway. Furnes was separated from Vang in 1891.
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    Battle of Furnes

    The Battle of Furnes was fought on 20 August 1297 between French and Flemish forces. The French were led by Robert II of Artois and the Flemish by Guy of Dampierre.
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    Blanche of Brittany

    Blanche of Brittany (1271-1327) was a daughter of John II, Duke of Brittany and his wife Beatrice of England. ... Blanche's husband served under his father at the Battle of Furnes, where he was wounded.
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    Robert II, Count of Artois

    Robert II (September 1250 – 11 July 1302) was the Count of Artois, the posthumous son and heir of Robert I and Matilda of Brabant. ... He defeated the Flemings in 1297 at the Battle of Furnes.
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    Margaret of Artois

    Margaret of Artois (1285-1311) was the eldest child of Philip of Artois and his wife, Blanche of Brittany. ... In 1298, when Margaret was thirteen years old, her father died of the wounds he had received at the Battle of Furnes in which he had fought a year earlier.
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    Ole Rømer Aagaard Sandberg

    Ole Rømer Aagaard Sandberg (21 July 1900 – 26 August 1985) was a Norwegian politician for the Centre Party. ... Sandberg was born in Furnes and involved in local politics in Furnes municipality between 1934-1951 and 1955-1959.
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    French exonyms

    Below is list of French language exonyms for places in non-French-speaking areas : ... Veurne Furnes
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    Joan of Artois

    Joan of Artois, Countess of Foix, Viscountess of Béarn (French: Jeanne d'Artois; 1289- after 24 March 1350), was a French noblewoman, and the wife of Gaston I de Foix, Count of Foix, Viscount of Béarn. ... In 1298, when Joan was nine years old, her father died of the wounds he had received at the Battle of Furnes in which he had fought a year earlier.
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    Furness (disambiguation)

    Furness is a peninsula in the southern part of Cumbria, in north-west England. ... Furnes

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