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CHATEAUBRIANT

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Originally appearing in Volume V05, Page 962 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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CHATEAUBRIANT , a See also:

town of western See also:France, See also:capital of an See also:arrondissement in the See also:department of See also:Loire-Inferieure, on the See also:left See also:bank of the Chere, 40 M. N.N.E. of See also:Nantes by See also:rail. Pop. (1906) 5969. Chateaubriant takes its name from a See also:castle founded in the 1th See also:century by Brient, See also:count of Penthievre, remains of which, consisting of a square See also:donjon and four towers, still exist. Adjoining it is another castle, built in the first See also:half of the 16th century by See also:Jean de See also:Laval, and famous in See also:history as the See also:residence of Francoise de See also:Foix, See also:mistress of See also:Francis I. Of this the most beautiful feature is the See also:colonnade See also:running at right angles to the See also:main See also:building, and connecting it with a graceful See also:pavilion. It is occupied by a small museum and some of the public offices. There is also an interesting Romanesque See also:church dedicated to St Jean de Bere. Chateaubriant is the seat of a subprefect and has a tribunal of first instance. It is an important centre on the Ouest-Etat railway, and has See also:trade in agricultural products. The manufacture of See also:leather, agricultural implements and preserved See also:angelica are carried on.

In 1551 See also:

Henry II. signed an See also:edict against the reformed See also:religion at Chateaubriant.

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