Aix-en-Issart
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Aix-en-Issart ({{#invoke:IPA|main}}) is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in northern France.<ref>INSEE commune file</ref> A place named in Ascio is mentioned as early as 800 AD while during the Middle Ages the place used to be called Rodenaken by Flemish speaking people.<ref>Aix-en-Issart/Rodenaken: proussel.voila.net Template:Webarchive</ref>
Geography
A small village situated some 5 miles(7 km) east of Montreuil-sur-Mer, at the D149 and D129 crossroads, by the banks of the small river Bras de Bronne, a tributary of the Canche.
Population
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Notable person
Jean de Beaurain (1696–1771), geographer, was born in Aix-en-Issart.