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MARNE , a See also:

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

department of See also:

north-eastern See also:

France, made up from See also:

CHAMPAGNE

Champagne-Pouilleuse, Remois, Haute-Champagne, Perthois, Tardenois, See also:

Bocage and See also:

BRIE (Briegus saltus, from Celtic briek, clay)

Brie-Pouilleuse, districts formerly belonging to Champagne, and bounded W. by See also:

Seine-et-Marne and See also:

AISNE

Aisne, N. by Aisne and See also:

ARDENNES

Ardennes, E. by See also:

Meuse, and S. by Haute- the See also:

APPLE (a common Teut. word, A.S. aepl, aeppel, O.H.G. aphul, aphal, apfal, mod. Ger. Apfel)

apple, See also:

PLUM

plum and See also:

CHERRY

cherry. See also:

PINE (Lat. Pinus, Gr. srlrur)

Pine See also:

woods are largely planted in Champagne-Pouilleuse. The department produces See also:

PEAT (possibly connected with Med. Lat. petia, pecia, piece, ultimately of Celtic origin; cf. O. Celt. pet, O. Ir. pit, Welsh peth, portion)

peat, millstones and See also:

CHALK

chalk. The woollen 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 has brought together in the See also:

NEIGHBOUR (O. Eng. neahgebiir, from Walt, " nigh," " near ")

neighbour-See also:

hood of See also:

Reims establishments for See also:

SPINNING (from O. Eng. spinnen, to spin, cf. Ger. spinnen, &c., the Teut. root is seen, to draw out, cf. span, spider)

spinning, See also:

CARDING

carding, See also:

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

dyeing and See also:

WEAVING

weaving. The materials wrought are flannels, merinoes, tartans, shawls, rugs and See also:

FANCY (a shortened form, dating from the 15th century, of " fantasy," which is derived through the O. Fr. fantasie, modern fantaisie. from the Latinized form of the Gr. cbavraoia, Oavrai'ecv, Oat Pais, to show)

fancy articles; the manufacture of woollen and See also:

cotton See also:

HOSIERY

hosiery must also be mentioned. The manufacture of See also:

WINE (Lat. vinum, Gr. oivos)

wine-cases, corks, casks and other goods for the wine See also:

trade is actively carried on. Marne contains blast-furnaces, See also:

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

iron and See also:

COPPER (symbol Cu, atomic weight 63.1, H=1, or 63.6, O = 16)

copper foundries, and manufactories of agricultural implements. Besides these there are tan-yards, currying and See also:

leather-dressing establishments and glassworks, which, with See also:

SUGAR

sugar, chemical, See also:

whiting and oil See also:

WORKS

works, See also:

POTTERIES, THE

potteries, See also:

FLOUR

flour-See also:

mills and breweries, See also:

COMPLETE

complete the See also:

list of the most important See also:

INDUSTRIES

industries. Biscuits and gingerbread are a speciality of Reims. The See also:

CHIEF (from Fr. chef, head, Lat. caput)

chief imports are See also:

WOOL, WORSTED AND WOOLLEN MANUFACTURES

wool and See also:

COAL

coal; the exports are wine, See also:

GRAIN (derived through the French from Lat. granum, seed, from an Aryan root meaning " to wear down," which also appears in the common Teutonic word " corn ")

grain, live-stock, See also:

stone, 'whiting, See also:

PIT (O. E. pytt, cognate with Du. put, Ger. Pfutze, &c., all ultimately adaptations of Lat. puteus, well, formed from root pu-, to cleanse, whence gurus, clean, pure)

pit-props and woollen stuffs. Communication is afforded chiefly by the See also:

RIVER

river Marne with its See also:

canal connexions, and by the Eastern railway. There are five arrondissements—those of Chalons (the See also:

capital), See also:

EPERNAY

Epernay, Reims, Ste Menehould and Vitry-le-See also:

FRANCOIS (1558-1614)

Francois—with 33 cantons and 662 communes.

The department belongs partly to the archbishopric of Reims and partly to the see of Chalons. Chalons is the headquarters of the VI. 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. Its educational centre and See also:

court of See also:

APPEAL

appeal are at See also:

Paris. The See also:

PRINCIPAL

principal towns —Chalons-sur-Marne, Reims, Epernay and Vitry-le-Francoisare separately treated. The towns next in See also:

POPULATION (Lat. populus, people; populare, to populate)

population are Ay (4994) and Sezanne (4504). Other places of See also:

INTEREST

interest are Ste Menehould (3348), formerly an important fortress and capital of the See also:

ARGONNE

Argonne; Montmort with a See also:

RENAISSANCE, THE

Renaissance See also:

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

chateau once the See also:

PROPERTY

property of See also:

Sully; Trois-Fontaines with a ruined See also:

church of the 12th See also:

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

century and the remains of a Cistercian See also:

abbey founded in 1115; and Orbais with an abbey church dating from about 1200.

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