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COULOMMIERS

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Originally appearing in Volume V07, Page 308 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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COULOMMIERS , a See also:

town of See also:northern See also:France, See also:capital of an See also:arrondissement in the See also:department of See also:Seine-et-See also:Marne, 45 M. E. of See also:Paris by See also:rail. Pop. (1906) 5217. It is situated in the fertile See also:district of See also:Brie, in a valley watered by the See also:Grand-See also:Morin. The See also:church of St See also:Denis (13th and 16th centuries), and the ruins of a See also:castle built by See also:Catherine of See also:Gonzaga, duchess of I.ongueville, in the See also:early 17th See also:century, are of little importance. There is a statue to Commandant Beaurepaire, who, in 1792, killed him-self rather than surrender See also:Verdun to the Prussians. Coulommiers is the seat of a subprefect, and has a tribunal of first instance and a communal See also:college. See also:Printing is the See also:chief See also:industry, tanning, See also:flour-milling and See also:sugar-making being also carried on. See also:Trade is in agricultural products, and especially in cheeses named after the town.

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