Rang-du-Fliers () is a commune in the

Pas-de-Calais The Pas-de-Calais (, ' strait of Calais'; ; ) 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 of France, with 890, and is the ...

department in the Hauts-de-France

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/ref> 5 miles (8 km) southeast of

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History

Rang-du-Fliers became a commune in 1870, having been previously only a hamlet of Verton.

Population

Notable people

* Micheline Ostermeyer, Olympic champion athlete and pianist, was born here.

Twin towns

* Ditton, United Kingdom

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