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BEAUCE (Lat. Belsia)

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Originally appearing in Volume V03, Page 584 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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BEAUCE (See also:Lat. Belsia) , a See also:physical region of See also:north-central See also:France, comprising large portions of the departments of See also:Eure-et-Loir and Loir-et-See also:Cher, and also extending into those of Loiret and See also:Seine-et-See also:Oise. It has an See also:area of over 2800 sq. m., its limits being roughly defined by the course of the Essonne on the E., of the See also:Loire on the S., and of the Brenne, the Loir and the Eure towards the W., though in the latter direction it extends some-what beyond these boundaries. The Beauce is a treeless, arid and monotonous See also:plain of See also:limestone formation; windmills and See also:church See also:spires are the only prominent features of the landscape. Apart from the See also:rivers on its See also:borders, it is watered by insignificant streams, of which the Conie in the See also:west need alone be mentioned. The inhabitants live in large villages, and are occupied in See also:agriculture, particularly in the cultivation of See also:wheat, for which the Beauce is celebrated. See also:Clover and See also:lucerne are the other leading crops, and large flocks of See also:sheep are kept in the region. See also:Chartres is its See also:chief commercial centre.

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