Pas-de-Calais
Pas-de-Calais (, " strait of Calais"; pcd, Pas-Calés; also nl, Nauw van Kales) is a department in northern France named after the French designation of the Strait of Dover, which it borders. It has the most communes of all the departments ...
department
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* Departmentalization, division of a larger organization into parts with specific responsibility
Government and military
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in northern
France
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History
The commune's name is of Germanic origin and dates back to at least the 9th century. It was written in Old Low Franconian as ''Aldomhem'' between 844 and 864 and again in 877, and as ''Aldenehem'' in 1164. Consisting of inflexions of the element ''alt'' "old" and the extremely common toponymic suffix ''hem'' "home, village", the literal translation would be "old home" or "old village".Lemma=oud ''Instituut voor de Nederlandse Taal''
Geography
The village is located 11 miles (18 km) northwest of Saint-Omer, at the junction of the D223 with the D217E road.
Population
Sights
* The fifteenth century church of St. Médard.
* The remains of the 15th century manor de Fouquesolles.
Personalities
Audrehem was the birthplace of
Arnoul d'Audrehem
Arnoul d'Audrehem (c. 1305 – 1370) was a Marshal of France, who fought in the Hundred Years' War.
Biography
He was born at Audrehem, in the present arrondissement of Saint-Omer, in the ''département'' of Pas-de-Calais. Nothing is known of h ...
(c.1305-1370),
Marshal of France
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Louis Amadeus Rappe
Louis Amadeus Rappe (February 2, 1801 – August 9, 1877) was a French-born prelate of the Roman Catholic Church. He served as the first bishop of the new Diocese of Cleveland in Ohio from 1847 to 1870.
Biography
Early life
Louis Rappe was bo ...
(February 2, 1801 - August 9, 1877) first bishop of
Cleveland
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OH, is born in Audrehem in a farmer family. The street where we can find his birth house is now named in his remembrance.