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COGNAC , 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:Charente, on the See also:left See also:bank of the See also:river Charente, 32 M. W. of See also:Angouleme on the Ouest-Etat railway, between Angouleme and See also:Saintes. Pop. (1906) 18,389. The streets of the old town—which See also:borders the river—are narrow and tortuous, but the newer parts are well provided with open spaces. The See also:chief of these is the beautiful See also:Pare See also:Francois Ier overlooking the Charente. In one of the squares there is a statue of See also:Francis I., who was See also:born here. The chief See also:building is a 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 the 12th See also:century dedicated to St Leger, which preserves a See also:fine Romanesque See also:facade and a See also:tower of the 15th century. A See also:castle of the 15th and 16th centuries, once the See also:residence of the See also:counts of Angouleme, now a storehouse for See also:brandy, and a See also:medieval See also:gate stand in the older See also:part of the town. Cognac is the seat of a subprefect and has tribunals of first instance and of See also:commerce, a See also:council of See also:trade arbitrators, a chamber of commerce, and consulates of the See also:United States, See also:Spain and See also:Portugal. Its most important See also:industry is the See also:distillation of the brandy (q.v.) to which the town gives its name. Large quantities are carried, by way of the river, to the neighbouring See also:port of Tonnay-Charente. The See also:industries subsidiary to the brandy trade, such as the making of cases and bottles, occupy many hands. Ironware is also manufactured, and a considerable trade is maintained in See also:grain and See also:cattle. In 1526 Cognac gave its name to a treaty concluded against See also:Charles V. by Francis I., the See also:pope, See also:Venice and See also:Milan. Its See also:possession was contested during the See also:wars of See also:religion, and in 1570 it became one of the Huguenot strongholds. In 1651 it successfully sustained a See also:siege against See also:- LOUIS
- LOUIS (804–876)
- LOUIS (893–911)
- LOUIS, JOSEPH DOMINIQUE, BARON (1755-1837)
- LOUIS, or LEWIS (from the Frankish Chlodowich, Chlodwig, Latinized as Chlodowius, Lodhuwicus, Lodhuvicus, whence-in the Strassburg oath of 842-0. Fr. Lodhuwigs, then Chlovis, Loys and later Louis, whence Span. Luiz and—through the Angevin kings—Hungarian
Louis II., See also:prince of See also:Conde, See also:leader of the See also:Fronde.
See Le Pays du Cognac, by L. Ravaz, for a description of the See also:district and its viticulture.
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