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NANTERRE

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Originally appearing in Volume V19, Page 164 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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NANTERRE , a See also:

town of See also:northern See also:France, with a See also:port on the See also:Seine, in the See also:department of Seine, at the See also:foot of See also:Mount Valerien, 8 m. N.W. of See also:Paris on the railway to St Germain. Pop. (1906), town, 11,874; See also:commune, 17,434. The See also:principal manufactures are chemicals, See also:tallow and See also:aluminium; See also:stone quarried in the vicinity; the town is noted also for its cakes. The combined See also:prison and mendicity See also:depot for the department is a large institution, about 2 M. from the town. Nanterre (the See also:ancient Nemptodurum or Nemetodurum) owes its origin to the See also:shrine of Ste See also:Genevieve (42o-512), the See also:patron-See also:saint of Paris, whose name is still associated with various places in the town and See also:district. The shrine is the See also:object of a See also:pilgrimage in See also:September.

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