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Bouillon

(Encyclopedia)Bouillon, town, Luxembourg prov., SE Belgium, in the Ardennes on the Semois River, near the French border. It is a small manufacturing and tourist cente...

Cahors

(Encyclopedia)Cahors käôrˈ [key], town, capital of Lot dept., S central France, in Quercy, on the Lot Ri...

Cateau, Le

(Encyclopedia)Cateau, Le -käNbrāzēˈ [key], town (1993 est. pop. 7,789), Nord dept., N France, in French Flanders. It has textile, metallurgical, and ceramic industries. The Treaty of Cateau-Cambrésis (1559) re...

Chaumont

(Encyclopedia)Chaumont shōmōNˈ [key], town, capital of Haute-Marne dept., NE France, in Champagne, at the ...

Chamonix

(Encyclopedia)Chamonix shämônēˈ [key], town, Haute-Savoie dept., E France, at the foot of Mont Blanc. The ...

Enghien

(Encyclopedia)Enghien, Du. Edingen, town, Hainaut prov., W central Belgium. It is a tourist center and has industries that manufacture linen and lace. Enghien ...

Saint-Raphaël

(Encyclopedia)Saint-Raphaël săN-räfäĕlˈ [key], town (1990 pop. 26,799), Var dept., SE France, on the French Riviera. It is an elegant resort and a small commercial port as well as an important naval air base ...

Saint-Tropez

(Encyclopedia)Saint-Tropez săN-trôpāˈ [key], town (1993 est. pop. 5,760), Var dept., SE France, on the French Riviera. It is a fashionable beach resort and a picturesque small fishing port, made famous by film ...

Bergerac

(Encyclopedia)Bergerac bĕrzhəräkˈ [key], town, Dordogne dept., SW France, in Périgord, on the Dordogne...

Bibracte

(Encyclopedia)Bibracte bĭbrăkˈtē [key], former capital of the Aedui, site atop Mont Beuvray, central France. There Caesar defeated (58 b.c.) the Helvetii (see Gallic Wars). Excavations on the site have revealed...