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Originally appearing in Volume V06, Page 700 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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COLOMBES , a See also:

town of See also:France in the See also:department of See also:Seine, See also:arrondissement of St See also:Denis, 7 M. N.N.W. of See also:Paris. Pop. (1906) 28,920. It has a 16th-See also:century See also:church with 12th-century See also:tower, a See also:race-course, and numerous See also:villa residences and boarding-See also:schools. Manufactures include oil, See also:vinegar and measuring-See also:instruments. A See also:castle formerly stood hire, in which died Henrietta Maria, See also:queen of See also:Charles I. of See also:England.

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