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Originally appearing in Volume V06, Page 531 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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CLISSON , a See also:

town of western See also:France, in the See also:department of See also:Loire-Inferieure, prettily situated at the confluence of the Sevre Nantaise and the Moine 17 M. S.E. of See also:Nantes by See also:rail. Pop. (1906) 2244. The town gave its name to the celebrated See also:family of Clisson, of which the most famous member was See also:Olivier de Clisson. It has the imposing ruins of their stronghold, parts of which date from the 13th See also:century. The town and See also:castle were destroyed in 1792 and 1793 during the Vendean See also:wars. The sculptor F. F. Lemont afterwards bought the castle, and the town was rebuilt in the See also:early See also:part of the 19th century according to his plans. There are picturesque parks on the See also:banks of the See also:rivers. The Moine is crossed by an old See also:Gothic See also:bridge and by a See also:fine See also:modern viaduct.

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