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CASTELSARRASIN , a See also:town of See also:south-western See also:France, See also:capital of an See also:arrondissement in the See also:department of See also:Tarn-et-See also:Garonne, 12 M. W. of See also:Montauban on the See also:Southern railway. Pop. (1906) town, 3189; See also:commune, 7496. Castelsarrasin, situated on the - See also:left See also:bank of the lateral See also:canal of the Garonne and about a mile from the right bank of that See also:river, is surrounded by promenades occupying the site of the old fortifications. Its See also:chief See also:building is the See also:brick-built 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 St Sauveur, which See also:dates from the 13th See also:century. The administrative buildings are See also:modern. The town has a sub-prefecture, a tribunal of first instance, and a communal See also:college. The See also:principal See also:industrial See also:establishment is the See also:- METAL
- METAL (through Fr. from Lat. metallum, mine, quarry, adapted from Gr. µATaXAov, in the same sense, probably connected with ,ueraAAdv, to search after, explore, µeTa, after, aAAos, other)
metal-foundry of Sainte-See also:Marguerite, where See also:copper, See also:tin and other metals are worked; there are also See also:flour-See also:mills, saw-mills and dye-See also:works. See also:Trade is in See also:cattle, agricultural produce, See also:wine, baskets and See also:game.
The name Castelsarrasin appears in the 13th century, when the See also:village of Villelongue was replaced by the See also:present See also:bastide. Castrum Cerrucium, See also:Castel-sur-Azine (from the neighbouring stream, Azine) and Castellum Sarracenum are suggested derivations,no one of which can be adopted with certainty.
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