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Originally appearing in Volume V07, Page 378 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.

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CRANSAC , a See also:

TOWN

town of See also:

SOUTHERN

southern See also:

France, in the See also:

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

department of See also:

AVEYRON

Aveyron, 28 m. N.W. of See also:

RODEZ

Rodez by See also:

RAIL

rail. Pop. (1906) town, 4988; See also:

commune, 6953. The town is a See also:

COAL

coal-See also:

MINING

mining centre and has See also:

COLD (in O. Eng. cald and ceald, a word coming ultimately from a root cognate with the Lat. gelu, gelidus, and common in the Teutonic languages, which usually have two distinct forms for the substantive and the adjective, cf. Ger. Kolte, kalt, Dutch koude

cold See also:

MINERAL

mineral springs, known in the See also:

MIDDLE

middle ages. There are See also:

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

iron-mines in the neighbourhood. Hills to the See also:

north of the town contain disused coal-mines which have been on See also:

FIRE (in O. Eng. f j'r; the word is common to West German languages, cf. Dutch vuur, Ger. Feuer; the pre-Teutonic form is seen in Sanskrit pu, pavaka, and Gr. irup; the ultimate origin is usually taken to be a root meaning to purify, cf. Lat. purus)

fire for centuries. About 5 M. to the See also:

south is the See also:

FINE

fine See also:

RENAISSANCE, THE

Renaissance See also:

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

chateau of Bournazel, built for the most See also:

PART

part by See also:

JEAN

Jean de See also:

BUISSON, FERDINAND (1841– )

Buisson, See also:

baron of Bournazel, about 1545. The See also:

BARONY

barony of Bournazel became a marquisate in 1624.

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