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annual rainfall over the greater part varies from 24 to 28 in.; but in the extreme south-east it at times reaches a height of 36 in. Aube is an agricultural department; more than one-third of its See also:

SURFACE

surface consists of arable See also:

LAND

land of which the See also:

CHIEF (from Fr. chef, head, Lat. caput)

chief products are See also:

wheat and oats, and next to them See also:

rye, See also:

BARLEY (Hordeum sativum)

barley and potatoes; vegetables are extensively cultivated in the valleys of the Seine and the Aube. The See also:

VINE

vine flourishes chiefly on the hills of the south-east; the wines of See also:

Les Riceys, See also:

Bar-sur-Aube, See also:

BOUILLY, JEAN NICOLAS (1763-1842)

Bouilly and Laines-aux-Bois are most esteemed.

The See also:

RIVER

river valleys abound in natural pasture, and See also:

SAINFOIN

sainfoin, See also:

lucerne and other See also:

FORAGE

forage crops are largely grown; See also:

CATTLE (Norman Fr. catel, from Late Lat. capitale, wealth or property, a word applied in the feudal system to movable property and particularly to live stock, and surviving in its wider meaning as " chattel " or " chattle ")

cattle-raising is an important source of See also:

WEALTH

wealth, and the cheeses of See also:

TROYES

Troyes are well known. There are excellent nurseries and orchards in the neighbourhood of Troyes, Bar-sur-Seine, Wry-our-Seine and Brienne. See also:

CHALK

Chalk, from which See also:

blanc de Troyes is manufactured, and See also:

clay are abundant; and there are See also:

PEAT (possibly connected with Med. Lat. petia, pecia, piece, ultimately of Celtic origin; cf. O. Celt. pet, O. Ir. pit, Welsh peth, portion)

peat workings and quarries of See also:

BUILDING

building-See also:

stone and See also:

LIMESTONE

limestone. The See also:

SPINNING (from O. Eng. spinnen, to spin, cf. Ger. spinnen, &c., the Teut. root is seen, to draw out, cf. span, spider)

spinning and See also:

WEAVING

weaving of See also:

cotton and the manufacture of See also:

HOSIERY

hosiery, of both of which Troyes is the centre, are the See also:

main See also:

INDUSTRIES

industries of the department; there are also a large number of distilleries, tanneries, oil See also:

WORKS

works, See also:

TILE (0. Eng. tigel, Fr. tuile, connected with Lat. tegula)

tile and See also:

BRICK (derived according to some etymologists from the Teutonic bricke, a disk or plate; but more authoritatively, through the French brique, originally a " broken piece," applied especially to bread, and so to clay, from the Teutonic brikan, to break)

brick works, See also:

FLOUR

flour-See also:

mills, saw-mills and dye-works. The Eastern railway has works at See also:

Romilly, and there are See also:

IRON [symbol Fe, atomic weight 55.85 (0=16)]

iron works at See also:

CLAIRVAUX

Clairvaux and See also:

WIRE (A.S. wir, a wire; cf. Swed. vire, to twist, M.H.G. wiere, a gold ornament, Lat. viriae, armlets, ultimately from the root wi, to twist, bind)

wire-See also:

DRAWING

drawing works at Plaines; but owing to the See also:

ABSENCE (Lat. absentia)

absence of See also:

COAL

coal and iron mines, See also:

metal working is of small importance. The exports of Aube consist of See also:

TIMBER

timber, cereals, agricultural products, hosiery, See also:

WINE (Lat. vinum, Gr. oivos)

wine, dressed pork, &c.; its imports include See also:

WOOL, WORSTED AND WOOLLEN MANUFACTURES

wool and raw cotton, coal and machinery, especially looms. The department is served by the Eastern railway, of which the main See also:

LINE

line to See also:

Belfort crosses it. The river Aube is navigable for 28 m. (from Arcis-sur-Aube to its confluence with the Seine); the See also:

Canal de la Haute-Seine extends beside the Seine from Bar-sur-Seine to Marcilly (just outside the department) a distance of 46 m.; below Marcilly the Seine is canalized. Aube is divided into 5 arrondissements with 26 cantons and 446 communes. It falls within the educational circumscription (academie) of See also:

DIJON

Dijon and the military circumscription of the XX. See also:

army See also:

CORPS (pronounced as in French, from which it is taken, being a late spelling of tors, from Lat. corpus, a body; cf. " corpse ")

corps; its See also:

court of See also:

APPEAL

appeal is in See also:

Paris. It constitutes the See also:

DIOCESE (formed on Fr. diocese, in place of the Eng. form diocess—current until the 19th century—from Lat. dioecesis, med. Lat. variant diocesis, from Gr. Swucio•tc, " house-keeping," " administration," &miceas, " to keep house," " to govern ")

diocese of Troyes and part of the archiepiscopal See also:

province of See also:

SENS

Sens.

The See also:

capital of the department is Troyes; of the arrondissements the capitals are Troyes, Bar-sur-Aube, Arcis-sur-Aube, Bar-sur-Seine and Nogent-sur-Seine. The See also:

ARCHITECTURE (Lat. architectura, from the Gr. ap)(LTEKrwv, a master-builder)

architecture of the department is chiefly displayed in its churches, many of which possess stained See also:

glass of the 16th See also:

CENTURY (from Lat. centuria, a division of a hundred men)

century. Besides the See also:

CATHEDRAL

cathedral and other churches of Troyes, those of Mussy-sur-Seine (13th century), Chaource (16th century) and Nogent-sur-Seine (15th and 16th centuries), are of See also:

note. The See also:

abbey buildings of Clairvaux are the type of the Cistercian abbey.

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