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Originally appearing in Volume V06, Page 774 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.

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COMMERCY , a See also:

TOWN

town of See also:

north-eastern See also:

France, See also:

capital of an See also:

ARRONDISSEMENT (from arrondir, to make round)

arrondissement in the See also:

DEPARTMENT (Fr. departement, from departir, to separate into parts)

department of See also:

Meuse, on the See also:

LEFT

left See also:

BANK

bank of the Meuse, 26 m. E. of See also:

Bar-le-Duc by See also:

RAIL

rail. Pop. (1906) 5622. Commercy possesses a See also:

CHATEAU (from Lat. castellum, fortress, through O. Fr. chastel, chasteau)

chateau of the 17th See also:

CENTURY (from Lat. centuria, a division of a hundred men)

century, now used as See also:

CAVALRY (Fr. cavalerie, Ger. Kavallerie or Reiterei, derived ultimately from late Lat. caballus, horse)

cavalry See also:

barracks, a See also:

BENEDICTINE

Benedictine See also:

CONVENT (Lat. conventus, from convenire, to come together)

convent occupied by a training-See also:

COLLEGE (Collegium)

college for See also:

PRIMARY

primary teachers, and a communal college for boys. A statue of Dom See also:

CALMET, ANTOINE AUGUSTIN (1672–1757)

Calmet, the historian, See also:

BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born in the vicinity, stands in one of the squares. The See also:

INDUSTRIES

industries include See also:

IRON [symbol Fe, atomic weight 55.85 (0=16)]

iron-working and the manufacture of nails, boots and shoes, See also:

EMBROIDERY (M.E. embrouderie, from O. Fr. embroder, Mod. Fr. broder)

embroidery and See also:

HOSIERY

hosiery. The town has See also:

trade in See also:

CATTLE (Norman Fr. catel, from Late Lat. capitale, wealth or property, a word applied in the feudal system to movable property and particularly to live stock, and surviving in its wider meaning as " chattel " or " chattle ")

cattle, See also:

GRAIN (derived through the French from Lat. granum, seed, from an Aryan root meaning " to wear down," which also appears in the common Teutonic word " corn ")

grain and See also:

wood, and is well known for its cakes (madeleines). Commercy See also:

DATES

dates back to the 9th century, and at that See also:

time its lords were dependent on the See also:

bishop of See also:

METZ

Metz. In 1544 it was besieged by See also:

Charles V. in See also:

PERSON, OFFENCES AGAINST THE

person. For some time the lordship was in the hands of See also:

FRANCOIS (1558-1614)

Francois See also:

Paul de Gondi, See also:

CARDINAL (Lat. cardinalis)

cardinal de See also:

Retz, who lived in the town for a number of years, and there composed his See also:

MEMOIRS

memoirs. From him it was See also:

PURCHASED

purchased by Charles IV., See also:

DUKE (corresponding to Fr. duc, Ital. duca, Ger. Herzog)

duke of See also:

LORRAINE

In 1744 it became the See also:

RESIDENCE (Latin residere, to remain behind, to dwell, reside)

residence of Stanislas, See also:

king of See also:

Poland, who spent a See also:

GREAT

great See also:

DEAL

deal of care on the embellishment of the town, See also:

castle and neighbourhood.

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