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Place where you need English and French both strange et normal (8)

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I believe the answer is:

montreal

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'place where you need english and french both' is the definition.
I can't judge whether this defines the answer.

'strange et normal' is the wordplay.
'strange' indicates an anagram.
'et'+'normal'='etnormal'
'etnormal' with letters rearranged gives 'MONTREAL'.

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(Other definitions for montreal that I've seen before include "Ran motel (anag) - Canadian city" , "Largest city of Quebec" , "Neal and Mort are gone to Canada" , "somewhere abroad" , "Let Norma go to the city" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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