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system is broken, irregular and intersected everywhere by torrents. The most easterly portion of the department, where it touches the mountains of the Devoluy, contains its culminating See also:

SUMMIT

summit (7890 ft.). North of the Isere stretches a See also:

DISTRICT

district of low hills terminating on the limits of the department in the Valloire, its most productive portion. The See also:

CLIMATE

climate, except in the valleys bordering the Rhone, is 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, and winds See also:

BLOW, JOHN (1648-1708)

blow incessantly. See also:

SNOW (in O. Eng. sndw; a common Indo-European word; cf. in Teutonic languages, Ger. Schnee, Du. sneeuw; in Slavonic snieg', Lith. snegas; Gr. vi4a, Lat. nix, nivis, whence the Romanic forms, Ital. neve, Fr. neige, &c.; Ir. and Gael. sneachd; the original

Snow is visible on the mountain-tops during the greater See also:

PART

part of the See also:

YEAR

year. The See also:

agriculture of the department is moderately prosperous. The See also:

main crops are See also:

wheat, which is grown chiefly on the See also:

banks of the Isere and Rhone, oats and potatoes.

Large flocks of See also:

sheep feed on the pastures in the south; 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-raising is carried on principally in the north-east. See also:

GOOD, JOHN MASON (1764-1827)

Good wines, among which the famous Hermitage growth ranks first, are grown on the hills and plains near the Rhone and Drome. See also:

FRUIT (through the French from the Lat. fructus; frui, to enjoy)

Fruit culture is much practised. See also:

OLIVES, MOUNT OF, or MOUNT OLIVET ("Opus 'EXc uwos or riov 'EXauav; mod. Jebel-et-Tur)

Olives and See also:

FIGS

figs are grown in the south; the cultivation of mulberries and walnuts is more widely spread. In the rearing of silkworms Drome ranks high in importance among See also:

French departments. The See also:

MONTELIMAR

Montelimar district is noted for its truffles, which are also found elsewhere in the department. The See also:

MINERAL

mineral products of Drome include See also:

LIGNITE (Lat. lignum, wood)

lignite, See also:

BLENDE, or SPHALERITE

blende, See also:

GALENA

galena, See also:

CALAMINE

calamine, freestone, See also:

lime, See also:

CEMENT (from Lat. caementum, rough pieces of stone, a shortened form of caedimentum, from caedere, to cut)

cement, See also:

potter's See also:

clay and See also:

KAOLIN

kaolin. See also:

BRICK (derived according to some etymologists from the Teutonic bricke, a disk or plate; but more authoritatively, through the French brique, originally a " broken piece," applied especially to bread, and so to clay, from the Teutonic brikan, to break)

Brick and See also:

TILE (0. Eng. tigel, Fr. tuile, connected with Lat. tegula)

tile See also:

WORKS

works, See also:

POTTERIES, THE

potteries and See also:

PORCELAIN

porcelain manufactories exist in several localities. The See also:

INDUSTRIES

industries comprise See also:

FLOUR

flour-milling, distilling, See also:

wood-sawing, turnery and See also:

DYEING (0. Eng. dedgian, dealt ; Mid. Eng. deyen)

dyeing. The chief textile See also:

INDUSTRY (Lat. industria, from indu-, a form of the pre, position in, and either stare, to stand, or struere, to pile up)

industry is the preparation and See also:

WEAVING

weaving of See also:

SILK

silk}: which is carried on in a number of towns. Woollen and See also:

cotton goods are also manufactured. See also:

Leather working and See also:

BOOT

boot-making, which are carried on on a large See also:

scale at See also:

Romans, are important, and the manufacture of machinery, hats, See also:

CONFECTIONERY (from Lat. confectio, conficere, compound)

confectionery and See also:

paper employs much labour.

Drome exports fruit, oil, See also:

CHEESE (Lat. caseus)

cheese, See also:

WINE (Lat. vinum, Gr. oivos)

wine, See also:

WOOL, WORSTED AND WOOLLEN MANUFACTURES

wool, live stock and its manufactured articles; the chief import is See also:

COAL

coal. It is served by the See also:

Paris-See also:

Lyon railway, and the Rhone and Isere furnish over See also:

LOO (formerly called " Lanterloo," Fr. lanturlu, the refrain of a popular 17th-century song)

loo m. of navigable waterway. The See also:

canal de la See also:

Bourne, the only one in the department, is used for purposes of See also:

IRRIGATION (Lat. in, and rigare, to water or wet)

irrigation only. Drome is divided into the arrondissements See also:

DRONE

DRONE 589 of See also:

VALENCE

Valence, See also:

Die, Monteliinar and Nyons, comprising 29 cantons and 379 communes: The See also:

capital is Valence, which is the seat of a bishopric of the See also:

province of See also:

AVIGNON

Avignon. The department forms part of the See also:

ACADEMIC

academic (educational See also:

DIVISION (from Lat. dividere, to break up into parts, separate)

division) of See also:

GRENOBLE

Grenoble, where its See also:

court of See also:

APPEAL

appeal is also located, and of the region of the XIV. See also:

army See also:

CORPS (pronounced as in French, from which it is taken, being a late spelling of tors, from Lat. corpus, a body; cf. " corpse ")

corps. Besides Valence, the chief towns of the department are Die, Montelimar, See also:

Crest and Romans(qq.v.). Nyons is a small See also:

INDUSTRIAL

industrial See also:

TOWN

town with a See also:

MEDIEVAL

medieval See also:

BRIDGE

bridge and remains of ramparts. Suze-la-Rousse is dominated by a See also:

FINE

fine See also:

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

chateau with fortifications of the 12th and 14th centuries; in the interior the buildings are in the See also:

RENAISSANCE, THE

Renaissance See also:

style. At St Donat there are remains of the See also:

PALACE (Lat. Palatium, the name given by Augustus to his residence on the Palatine Hill)

palace of the See also:

KINGS, FIRST AND SECOND BOOKS OF

kings of Cisjuran See also:

BURGUNDY

Burgundy; though but little of the See also:

BUILDING

building is of an earlier date than the 12th See also:

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

century, it is the See also:

OLDEST

oldest example of See also:

CIVIL

civil See also:

ARCHITECTURE (Lat. architectura, from the Gr. ap)(LTEKrwv, a master-builder)

architecture in France. The churches of Leoncel, St Restitut and La Garde-See also:

ADHEMAR (ADEMAR, AIMAR, AELARZ) DE MONTEIL (d. 1098)

Adhemar, all of Romanesque architecture, are also of antiquarian See also:

INTEREST

interest. St See also:

Paul-Trois-Chateaux, an old See also:

ROMAN

Roman town, once the seat of a bishopric, has a Romanesque See also:

CATHEDRAL

cathedral. At Grignan there are remains of the Renaissance chateau where Madame de See also:

SEVIGNE, MARIE DE

Sevigne died.

At See also:

TAIN

Tain there is a sacrificial See also:

ALTAR (Lat. altare, from alias, high; some ancient etymological guesses are recorded by St Isidore of Seville in Etymologiae xv. 4)

altar of A.D. 184..

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