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See also:LES SABLES D'OLONNE, a seaport of western See also:France, See also:capital of an See also:arrondissement of the See also:department of See also:Vendee, on an inlet ofthe See also:Atlantic seaboard, 23 M. S.W. of La See also:Roche-sur-See also:Yon by See also:rail. Pop. (1906) 11,847. The See also:town stands between the See also:sea on the See also:south and the See also:port on the See also:north, while on the See also:west it is separated by a channel from the suburb of La Chaume, built at the See also:foot of a range of See also:dunes 65 ft. high, which terminates southwards in the rocky See also:peninsula of L'See also:Aiguille. The beautiful smoothly sloping See also:beach, r m. in length, is much frequented by bathers. To the north of Sables extend See also:salt-marshes and See also:oyster-parks, yielding 6,000,000 to 8,000,000 oysters per annum. Sables has a See also:- CHURCH
- CHURCH (according to most authorities derived from the Gr. Kvpcaxov [&wµa], " the Lord's [house]," and common to many Teutonic, Slavonic and other languages under various forms—Scottish kirk, Ger. Kirche, Swed. kirka, Dan. kirke, Russ. tserkov, Buig. cerk
- CHURCH, FREDERICK EDWIN (1826-1900)
- CHURCH, GEORGE EARL (1835–1910)
- CHURCH, RICHARD WILLIAM (1815–189o)
- CHURCH, SIR RICHARD (1784–1873)
church built in the See also:Late See also:Gothic See also:style towards the See also:middle of the 17th See also:century. The port, consisting of a tidal See also:basin and a wet-See also:dock, is accessible to vessels of 2000 tons, but is dangerous when the winds are from the south-west. The lighthouse of See also:Barges, a mile out at sea to the west, is visible for 17 to 18 nautical See also:miles. The inhabitants are employed largely in sardine and See also:tunny fishing; there are imports of See also:coal, See also:wood, See also:petroleum and See also:phosphates. See also:Boat-See also:building and sardine-preserving are carried on. The town has a sub-prefecture and a tribunal of first instance.
Founded by Basque or See also:Spanish sailors, Sables was the first See also:place in See also:Poitou invaded by the See also:Normans in 817. See also:- LOUIS
- LOUIS (804–876)
- LOUIS (893–911)
- LOUIS, JOSEPH DOMINIQUE, BARON (1755-1837)
- LOUIS, or LEWIS (from the Frankish Chlodowich, Chlodwig, Latinized as Chlodowius, Lodhuwicus, Lodhuvicus, whence-in the Strassburg oath of 842-0. Fr. Lodhuwigs, then Chlovis, Loys and later Louis, whence Span. Luiz and—through the Angevin kings—Hungarian
Louis XI., who went there in 1472, granted the inhabitants various privileges, improved the See also:harbour, and fortified the entrance. Captured and recaptured during the See also:Wars of See also:Religion, the town afterwards became a nursery of See also:hardy sailors and privateers, who harassed the Spaniards and afterwards the See also:English. In 1696 Sables was bombarded by the combined fleets of See also:England and See also:- HOLLAND
- HOLLAND, CHARLES (1733–1769)
- HOLLAND, COUNTY AND PROVINCE OF
- HOLLAND, HENRY FOX, 1ST BARON (1705–1774)
- HOLLAND, HENRY RICH, 1ST EARL OF (1S9o-,649)
- HOLLAND, HENRY RICHARD VASSALL FOX, 3RD
- HOLLAND, JOSIAH GILBERT (1819-1881)
- HOLLAND, PHILEMON (1552-1637)
- HOLLAND, RICHARD, or RICHARD DE HOLANDE (fl. 1450)
- HOLLAND, SIR HENRY, BART
Holland. In the middle of the 18th century hurricanes caused grievous damage to town and harbour.
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