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Carnac

(Encyclopedia)Carnac kärnäkˈ [key], town (1993 est. pop. 4,322), Morbihan dept., NW France, in Brittany, at the foot of the Quiberon peninsula. It is the site of remarkable megalithic monuments, particularly the...

Beaune

(Encyclopedia)Beaune bōn [key], town, Côte-d'Or dept., E France, in Burgundy. It is a noted center for Bu...

Saint-Mihiel

(Encyclopedia)Saint-Mihiel săN-mēyēlˈ [key], town (1993 est. pop. 5,435), Meuse dept., NE France, in Lorraine, on the Meuse River. Its chief manufactures are eyeglasses, plywood, and copper products. Saint-Mihi...

Saint-Nazaire

(Encyclopedia)Saint-Nazaire săN-näzĕrˈ [key], city (1990 pop. 66,087), Loire-Atlantique dept., W France, at the mouth of the Loire River on the Bay of Biscay. Saint-Nazaire is an important seaport (mainly for t...

flagellants

(Encyclopedia)flagellants flăjˈələnts, fləjĕlˈənts [key], term applied to the groups of Christians who practiced public flagellation as a penance. The practice supposedly grew out of the floggings administe...

Caen

(Encyclopedia)Caen käN [key], city, capital of Calvados dept., N France, in Normandy, on the Orne River. I...

Nîmes

(Encyclopedia)Nîmes nēm [key], city (1990 pop. 133,607), capital of Gard dept., S France, in Cévennes. An important market town and rail hub, its products include machinery, textiles and clothing, and tinware. A...

Ypres

(Encyclopedia)Ypres ēˈprə [key], Du. Ieper, commune (1991 pop. 35,235), West Flanders prov., SW Belgium, near the French border. It is an agricultural market and an industrial center. Manufactures include textil...

Chartres

(Encyclopedia)Chartres shärˈtrə [key], capital of Eure-et-Loir dept., NW France, in Orléanais, on the E...

Amiens

(Encyclopedia)Amiens ämyăNˈ [key], city, capital of Somme dept., N France, in Picardy, on the Somme River. It is a rail hub and a large market for the truck farming carried on in the...