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NEUFCHATEAU

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Originally appearing in Volume V19, Page 425 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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NEUFCHATEAU , a See also:

town of eastern See also:France, in the See also:department of See also:Vosges at the confluence of the See also:Meuse and the Mouzon, 49 M. W.N.W. of Epinal by See also:rail. Pop. (1906) 3924. The churches of St See also:Christopher (13th and 15th centuries) and St See also:Nicholas, the latter combining the Romanesque and See also:Gothic styles and built above a Romanesque See also:crypt, are of See also:interest. A sub-prefecture, a tribunal of first instance and communal colleges are among the public institutions. Neufchateau carries on See also:wool-See also:spinning and the manufacture of See also:embroidery, nails and chains. The town, which is said to occupy the site of the See also:Roman Neomagus, belonged in the See also:middle ages to the See also:dukes of See also:Lorraine, ruins of whose See also:chateau are still to be seen. In 1641 it passed to France.

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