Bailleul, Nord
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Bailleul (Belle in Dutch) is a small commune of the Nord département, in France, located in French Flanders near Lille. It has 17,191 inhabitants including its nearby hamlets.
The commune includes a historic building, schools and two colleges.
Bailleul is the birthplace of French filmmaker Bruno Dumont and served as the setting for his first two feature films. This area is also a setting in the Timothy Findley book The Wars.
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