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Originally appearing in Volume V05, Page 776 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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CETTE , a seaport of See also:

southern See also:France in the See also:department of See also:Herault, 18 m. S.W. of See also:Montpellier by the Southern railway. Pop. (1906) 32,659. After See also:Marseilles it is the See also:principal commercial See also:port on the See also:south See also:coast of France. The older See also:part of Cette occupies the See also:foot and slope of the Mont St Clair (the See also:ancient See also:Mons Setius), a See also:hill 590 ft. in height, situated on a See also:tongue of See also:land that lies between the Mediterranean and the See also:lagoon of Than. This See also:quarter with its wide streets and lofty See also:stone buildings is bounded on the See also:east by the See also:Canal de Cette, which leads from the lagoon of Thau to the Old See also:Basin and the See also:outer See also:harbour. Across the canal See also:lie the newer quarters, which chiefly occupy two islands separated from each other by a wet See also:dock and limited on the east by the Canal Maritime, parallel to the Canal de Cette. A lateral canal unites the See also:northern ends of the two See also:main canals. A See also:breakwater See also:running W.S.W. and E.N.E. protects the entrance to the harbour, which is one of the safest in France. The outer port and the Old Basin are enclosed by a See also:mole to the south and by a See also:jetty to the east. Behind the outer port lies an inner and more See also:recent basin which communicates with the Canal Maritime.

The entire See also:

area of the harbour, including the canals, is acres with a quayage length of over 8000 yds. The public institutions of Cette include tribunals of See also:commerce and of maritime commerce, See also:councils of See also:arbitration in commercial and fishing affairs, an See also:exchange and chamber of commerce, a See also:branch of the See also:Bank of France and a large See also:hospital. There are also a communal See also:college, a See also:naval school, and See also:schools of See also:music, commerce and See also:industry, and See also:navigation. Cette is much resorted to for See also:sea-bathing. The See also:town is connected with See also:Lyons by the canal from the See also:Rhone to Cette, and with See also:Bordeaux by the Canal du Midi, and is a junction of the Southern and See also:Paris-See also:Lyon See also:railways. The See also:shipping See also:trade is carried on with South See also:America, the See also:chief ports of the Mediterranean, and especially with See also:Spain. The chief exports are wines and See also:brandy, chemical products, skins and See also:soap; the chief imports are See also:wine, cereals, See also:coal, See also:timber, See also:petroleum, See also:sulphur, See also:tar and chemical substances. In the five years 1901-1905. the See also:average See also:annual value of imports was £3,720,000 (£4,980,000 in years 1896-rgoo), of exports £1,427,000 (£I,237,000 in 1896-1800). More than 400 small See also:craft are employed in the sardine, See also:tunny, See also:cod and other See also:fisheries. Large quantities of See also:shell-See also:fish are obtained from the lagoon of Thau. There are factories for the pickling of sardines, for the manufacture of See also:liqueurs and casks, and for the treatment of sulphur, See also:phosphates, and nitrate of soda. The See also:Schneider See also:Company of Creusot also have metallurgical See also:works at Cette, and the establishments for making wine give employment to thousands.

The port of Cette was created in 1666 by the agency of See also:

Colbert, See also:minister of See also:Louis XIV., and according to the plans of See also:Vauban; toward the end of the 17th See also:century its development was aided by the opening of the Canal du Midi.

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