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Mondarrain
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thumb|View of the Mondarrain from the village of Espelette Mondarrain (; Arranomendi in Basque) is a mountain in the French Basque Country, south of Espelette and south-west of Itxassou in the province of Labourd, peaking at altitude.
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Within Vinony's link graph, Mondarrain is referenced by 5 other articles, and connects out to geographic coordinate system, Espelette and French Basque Country.
The entry is geolocated on the map, across 2 mapped points.
Vinony files it under Geography of the Northern Basque Country, Mountains of Pyrénées-Atlantiques and Mountains of the Basque Country.
Its subject is documented across 5 Wikipedia language editions.
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thumb|View of the Mondarrain from the village of Espelette Mondarrain (; Arranomendi in Basque) is a mountain in the French Basque Country, south of Espelette and south-west of Itxassou in the province of Labourd, peaking at altitude.
To prevent Marquess of Wellington's army invading France in 1813, Marshal Soult built a line of fortifications and entrenchments along the river Nivelle from the sea inland to fortified rocks on Mount Mondarrain. The lines were breached during the Battle of Nivelle 10 November 1813.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Mondarrain” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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2 mapped locations