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ALLIER , a See also:department of central See also:France, formed in 1790 from the old See also:province of Bourbonnais. Pop. (1go6) 417,961. See also:Area, 2849 sq. m. It is bounded N. by the department of See also:Nievre, E. by See also:Saone-et-See also:Loire,from which it is divided by the See also:river Loire, S.E. by Loire, S. by See also:Puy-de-See also:Dome, S.W. by See also:Creuse and N.W. by See also:Cher. Situated on the See also:northern border of the Central See also:Plateau, the department slopes from See also:south to See also:north. Its highest altitudes are found in the south-See also:east, in the Bois-Noirs, where one point reaches 4239 ft., and in the Monts de la Madeleine. Plains alternating with forests occupy the northern See also:zone of the department, while the central and western regions See also:form an undulating and well-watered plateau. Entering the department in the south, and, like the other See also:chief See also:rivers, flowing almost due north, the Allier drains the central See also:district, receiving on its See also:left the Sioule. East of the Allier is the Bebre, which joins the Loire within the limits of the department; and on the See also:west the Cher, with its tributary the Aumance. Rigorous and See also:rainy in the south-east, the See also:climate elsewhere is milder though subject to sudden See also:variations. Agriculturally the department is flourishing, the valleys of the Allier and the Sioule known as the Limagne Bourbonnaise comprising its most fertile portion. See also:Wheat, oats, See also:barley and other cereals are grown and exported, and owing to the abundance of pasture and See also:forage, See also:sheep and See also:cattle-rearing are actively carried on. Potatoes and mangels yield See also:good crops. Wines of See also:fair quality are grown in the valley of the Sioule; walnuts, chestnuts, plums, apples and See also:pears are See also:principal fruits. Goats, from the See also:milk of which choice See also:cheese is made, and pigs are plentiful. A large area is under forests, the See also:oak, See also:beech, See also:fir, See also:birch and See also:hornbeam being the principal trees. The See also:mineral See also:waters at See also:Vichy (q.v.), Neris, Theneuille, Cusset and See also:Bourbon l'Archambault are in much repute. The mineral See also:wealth of the department is considerable, including See also:coal as well as See also:manganese and bituminous schist; See also:plaster, See also:building See also:- STONE
- STONE (0. Eng. shin; the word is common to Teutonic languages, cf. Ger. Stein, Du. steen, Dan. and Swed. sten; the root is also seen in Gr. aria, pebble)
- STONE, CHARLES POMEROY (1824-1887)
- STONE, EDWARD JAMES (1831-1897)
- STONE, FRANK (1800-1859)
- STONE, GEORGE (1708—1764)
- STONE, LUCY [BLACKWELL] (1818-1893)
- STONE, MARCUS (184o— )
- STONE, NICHOLAS (1586-1647)
stone and See also:hydraulic See also:lime are also produced. Manufactories of See also:porcelain, See also:glass and earthen-See also:ware are numerous. Montlugon and See also:Commentry are See also:iron-working centres. There are See also:flour See also:mills, breweries and saw-mills; and See also:paper, chemicals, wooden shoes, See also:wool and woollen goods are produced. Besides the products of the See also:soil Allier exports coal, mineral waters and cattle for the See also:Paris See also:market. Building materials, See also:brandy and coal are among the imports. The See also:railways belong chiefly to the See also:- ORLEANS
- ORLEANS, CHARLES, DUKE OF (1391-1465)
- ORLEANS, DUKES OF
- ORLEANS, FERDINAND PHILIP LOUIS CHARLES HENRY, DUKE OF (1810-1842)
- ORLEANS, HENRI, PRINCE
- ORLEANS, HENRIETTA, DUCHESS
- ORLEANS, JEAN BAPTISTE GASTON, DUKE
- ORLEANS, LOUIS
- ORLEANS, LOUIS PHILIPPE JOSEPH
- ORLEANS, LOUIS PHILIPPE ROBERT, DUKE
- ORLEANS, LOUIS PHILIPPE, DUKE OF (1725–1785)
- ORLEANS, LOUIS, DUKE OF (1372–1407)
- ORLEANS, PHILIP I
- ORLEANS, PHILIP II
Orleans and Paris-See also:Lyons-Mediterranean companies. The lateral See also:canal of the Loire, the See also:Berry Canal and the canal from See also:Roanne to See also:Digoin together See also:traverse about 57 M. in the department. Allier is divided into the arrondissements of See also:Moulins, Gannat, Lapalisse and Montlugon (29 cantons, 321 communes). It forms the See also:diocese of Moulins and See also:part of the ecclesiastical province of See also:Bourges, and falls within the academie (educational See also:division) of Clermont-See also:Ferrand and the region of the XIII. See also:army-See also:corps. Its See also:court of See also:appeal is at See also:Riom. Moulins, the See also:capital, Montlugon and Vichy, are the principal towns. Souvigny possesses the See also:- CHURCH
- CHURCH (according to most authorities derived from the Gr. Kvpcaxov [&wµa], " the Lord's [house]," and common to many Teutonic, Slavonic and other languages under various forms—Scottish kirk, Ger. Kirche, Swed. kirka, Dan. kirke, Russ. tserkov, Buig. cerk
- CHURCH, FREDERICK EDWIN (1826-1900)
- CHURCH, GEORGE EARL (1835–1910)
- CHURCH, RICHARD WILLIAM (1815–189o)
- CHURCH, SIR RICHARD (1784–1873)
church of a famous Cluniac priory dating from the xlth-12th and 15th centuries, and containing the splendid tombs (15th See also:century) of See also:- LOUIS
- LOUIS (804–876)
- LOUIS (893–911)
- LOUIS, JOSEPH DOMINIQUE, BARON (1755-1837)
- LOUIS, or LEWIS (from the Frankish Chlodowich, Chlodwig, Latinized as Chlodowius, Lodhuwicus, Lodhuvicus, whence-in the Strassburg oath of 842-0. Fr. Lodhuwigs, then Chlovis, Loys and later Louis, whence Span. Luiz and—through the Angevin kings—Hungarian
Louis II. and See also:Charles I. of Bourbon. At St Menoux, Ebreuil and Gannat there are See also:fine Romanesque churches. Huriel has a church of the 11th century and a well-preserved keep, the chief survival of a See also:medieval See also:castle. St Pourgain-sur-Sioule has a large church, dating from the rrth to the 18th centuries. The castle of Bourbon 1'Archambault, which belonged to the See also:dukes of Bourbon, See also:dates from the 13th and 15th centuries. The Romanesque churches of Veauce and Ygrande, and the chateaus of Veauce and Lapalisse, are also of See also:interest, the latter belonging to the See also:family of Chabannes.
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