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Originally appearing in Volume V01, Page 372 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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AGDE , a See also:

town of See also:southern See also:France, in the See also:department of See also:Herault, on the See also:left See also:bank of the See also:river of that name, 21 M. from the Mediterranean See also:Sea and 32 M. S.W. of See also:Montpellier on the Southern railway. Pop. (1906) 7146. The town lies at the See also:foot of an See also:extinct See also:volcano, the Montagne St Loup, and is built of See also:black volcanic See also:basalt, which gives it a gloomy See also:appearance. Overlooking the river is the See also:church of St See also:Andre, which See also:dates partly from the 12th See also:century, and, till the Revolution, was a See also:cathedral. It is a See also:plain and massive structure with crenelated walls, and has the aspect of a fortress rather than of a church. The exterior is diversified by arched recesses forming machicolations, and the same architectural .feature is reproduced in the square See also:tower which rises like a See also:donjon above the See also:building. The See also:Canal du Midi, or See also:Languedoc canal, uniting the See also:Garonne with the Mediterranean, passes under the walls of the town, and the mouth of the Herault forms a See also:harbour which is protected by a fort. The maritime See also:commerce of the town has declined, owing partly to the neighbourhood of See also:Cette, partly to the shallowness of the Herault. The fishing See also:industry is, however, still active. The See also:chief public institutions are the tribunal of commerce and the communal See also:college.

Agde is a See also:

place of See also:great antiquity and is said to have been founded under the name of a'yaOi rats (See also:Good See also:City) by the Phocaeans. The bishopric was established about the See also:year 400 and was suppressed in 1790.

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