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LOUHANS

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Originally appearing in Volume V17, Page 28 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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LOUHANS , a See also:

town of See also:east-central See also:France in the old See also:province of Franche-See also:Comte, now See also:capital of an See also:arrondissement in the See also:department of See also:Saone-et-See also:Loire, 34 M. N.N.E. of See also:Macon by road. Pop. (1906), 3216. Its See also:church has a See also:fine See also:tower of the 15th See also:century, of which the See also:balustrade is carved so as to See also:form the first words of the See also:Ave Maria. There are also a See also:hospital of the 17th century with a collection of See also:ancient earthenware, a town-See also:hall of the 18th century and remains of ramparts of the 16th and 17th century. The town is the central See also:market of the agricultural See also:plain of See also:Bresse; chickens form the See also:chief See also:article of See also:commerce. There is also a large See also:felt-See also:hat manufactory.

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