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Sèvres
(Encyclopedia)Sèvres sĕvˈrə [key], town (1990 pop. 22,057), Hauts-de-Seine dept., N central France, on the Seine River; a residential suburb SW of Paris. The famous Sèvres ware porcelain is made in the town, w...Carpentras
(Encyclopedia)Carpentras kärpäNträsˈ [key], town, Vaucluse dept., SE France, in Provence. It is an important ...Lons-le-Saunier
(Encyclopedia)Lons-le-Saunier lôN-lə-sōnyāˈ [key], town (1990 pop. 20,140), capital of Jura dept., E France, at the foot of the Jura Mts. A saltwater spa since Roman times, the town has food and textile indust...Tulle
(Encyclopedia)Tulle to͞ol, Fr. tül [key], town (1990 pop. 18,685), capital of Corrèze dept., S central France. Firearms and other goods are made there. Tulle was built around a 7th-century monastery. It gave its...Bourget, Le
(Encyclopedia)Bourget, Le, town, Seine–Saint-Denis dept., N central France. A suburb of Paris, it is the site of Le Bourget airport, once Paris's main airport but n...Winter Park
(Encyclopedia)Winter Park, residential and resort city (1990 pop. 22,242), Orange co., central Fla., just N of Orlando in a citrus area; settled in the 1850s, inc. 1887. It is the seat of Rollins College. Within th...Aubervilliers
(Encyclopedia)Aubervilliers ōbervēlyāˈ [key], town, Seine–Saint Denis dept., N central France, NE of Paris. It is an important industrial center where chemicals, pharmaceuticals, ...Arras
(Encyclopedia)Arras äräsˈ [key], city, capital of Pas-de-Calais dept., and historic capital of Artois, N France, on the canalized Scarpe River. It is a communications, farm, and indu...Autun
(Encyclopedia)Autun ōtöNˈ [key], town, Saône-et-Loire dept., E central France, on the Arroux River. It is an industrial center producing metals, machinery, leather, cloth, timber, a...Alençon
(Encyclopedia)Alençon äläNsôNˈ [key], town, capital of Orne dept., N France, in Normandy, on the Sarthe and Briante rivers. A commercial center in a fertile farm area, it is partic...Browse by Subject
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