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Originally appearing in Volume V21, Page 134 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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PERCHE , a region of See also:

northern See also:France extending over the departments of See also:Orne, See also:Eure, Eure-et-Loir and See also:Sarthe. Its boundaries are See also:Normandy on the N. and W., See also:Maine on the S.W., Vendomois and See also:Dunois on the S., See also:Beauce on the E. and Thimerais on the N.E. The greater See also:part of the See also:district is occupied by a semicircle of heights (from 65o to r000 ft. in height) stretching from See also:Moulins-la-See also:Marche on the See also:north-See also:west to Montmirail on the See also:south; within the See also:basin formed thereby the shape of which is defined by the Huisne, an affluent of the Sarthe, See also:lie the See also:chief towns—See also:Mortagne, Nogent-le-See also:Rotrou and Belleeme. Stock-raising and See also:dairy-farming are flourishing in the Perche, which is famous for the See also:production of a breed of large and powerful horses. See also:Cider-apples and See also:pears are grown throughout the district. In the See also:middle ages the Perche constituted a countship of which Corbon, Mortagne and Nogent-le-Rotrou were successively the capitals. Under the ancien regime it formed, together with Maine, a gouvernement of which Mortagne was the See also:capital.

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