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AUBERVILLIERS

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Originally appearing in Volume V02, Page 889 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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AUBERVILLIERS , or AUBERVILLIERS-See also:

LES-VERTUS, a See also:town of See also:northern See also:France, in the See also:department of See also:Seine, on the See also:canal St See also:Denis, 2 M. from the right See also:bank of the Seine and i m. N. of the fortifications of See also:Paris. Pop. (I0o6) 33,358. Its manufactures include cardboard, See also:glue, See also:oils, See also:colours, fertilizers, chemical products, See also:perfumery, &c. During the See also:middle ages and till See also:modern times Aubervilliers was the resort of numerous pilgrims, who came to pay See also:honour to Notre See also:Dame See also:des Vertus. In 1814 the locality was the See also:scene of a stubborn combat between the See also:French and the See also:Allies.

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