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MELLE

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Originally appearing in Volume V18, Page 95 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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MELLE , a See also:

town of western See also:France, See also:capital of an See also:arrondissement in the See also:department of Deux-Sevres, on the See also:left See also:bank of the Beronne, 21 M. E.S.E. of See also:Niort by See also:rail. Pop. (1906), 2231. Melle has two churches in the Romanesque See also:style of See also:Poitou, St See also:Pierre and St Hilaire, the latter ornamented with sculptured arcading. The See also:hospital has a richly carved See also:doorway of the 17th See also:century. The See also:church of St Savinien (11th century) serves as a See also:prison. The town has See also:trade in See also:farm-produce, mules and other live stock; distilling is carried on. Melle (Metallum) derives its name from the See also:lead mine worked here during the See also:Roman occupation and in the See also:early See also:middle ages. At the latter See also:period it had a See also:mint. In later times it was a See also:possession of the See also:counts of See also:Maine.

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