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Originally appearing in Volume V02, Page 337 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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ARBOIS , a See also:

town of eastern See also:France, in the See also:department of See also:Jura, on the Cuisance, 29 M. N.N.E. of Lons-le-Saunier by See also:rail. Pop. (1906) 3454• The town is the seat of the tribunal of first instance of the See also:arrondissement of See also:Poligny, and has a communal See also:college. The See also:church of St Just, founded in the loth See also:century, .has See also:good See also:wood-See also:carving. An Ursuline See also:convent, built in 1764, serves as hotel de ville and See also:law See also:court, and a church of the 14th century is used as a See also:market. There is an old See also:chateau of the See also:dukes of See also:Burgundy. Arbois is well known for its red and See also:white wines, and has saw-See also:mills, tanneries and market gardens, and manufactures See also:paper, oil and casks.

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