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ROANNE , a See also:town of See also:east-central See also:France, See also:capital of an See also:arrondissement in the See also:department of See also:Loire, on the See also:left See also:bank of the Loire, 54 M. N.W. of See also:Lyons on the See also:Paris-Lyons railway to See also:Moulins. Pop. (1906) 33,981. The See also:chief buildings are a See also:modern town See also:- HALL
- HALL (generally known as SCHWABISCH-HALL, tc distinguish it from the small town of Hall in Tirol and Bad-Hall, a health resort in Upper Austria)
- HALL (O.E. heall, a common Teutonic word, cf. Ger. Halle)
- HALL, BASIL (1788-1844)
- HALL, CARL CHRISTIAN (1812–1888)
- HALL, CHARLES FRANCIS (1821-1871)
- HALL, CHRISTOPHER NEWMAN (1816—19oz)
- HALL, EDWARD (c. 1498-1547)
- HALL, FITZEDWARD (1825-1901)
- HALL, ISAAC HOLLISTER (1837-1896)
- HALL, JAMES (1793–1868)
- HALL, JAMES (1811–1898)
- HALL, JOSEPH (1574-1656)
- HALL, MARSHALL (1790-1857)
- HALL, ROBERT (1764-1831)
- HALL, SAMUEL CARTER (5800-5889)
- HALL, SIR JAMES (1761-1832)
- HALL, WILLIAM EDWARD (1835-1894)
hall and the See also:- CHURCH
- CHURCH (according to most authorities derived from the Gr. Kvpcaxov [&wµa], " the Lord's [house]," and common to many Teutonic, Slavonic and other languages under various forms—Scottish kirk, Ger. Kirche, Swed. kirka, Dan. kirke, Russ. tserkov, Buig. cerk
- CHURCH, FREDERICK EDWIN (1826-1900)
- CHURCH, GEORGE EARL (1835–1910)
- CHURCH, RICHARD WILLIAM (1815–189o)
- CHURCH, SIR RICHARD (1784–1873)
church of St See also:Etienne (1835-1843), built in the Flamboyant See also:Gothic See also:style. The lycee occupies the buildings of the old See also:college dating from the See also:early 17th See also:century. A See also:fine See also:bridge of seven See also:arches connects Roanne with the See also:industrial suburb of Le Coteau on the right bank of the See also:river. The town is the seat of a sub-See also:prefect, of tribunals of first instance and of See also:commerce, of a chamber of commerce and a See also:board of See also:trade-See also:arbitration, and has lycees for both sexes. See also:Cotton goods See also:form the See also:staple manufacture, and cotton-See also:spinning is also important. The making of knitted woollen articles gives employment to large See also:numbers of See also:women in the town and See also:district. There are besides extensive See also:engineering See also:works, foundries, dye-works, tanneries, pottery and See also:tile-works and other industrial establishments. As the centre of the Roannais coalfield, Roanne has trade in See also:coal and See also:coke. It is also the See also:terminus of the Roanne-See also:Digoin See also:Canal and the real starting-point of the Loire See also:navigation.
Roanne (Rodomna, or Roidomna) was an See also:ancient See also:city of the Segusiani and a station on the See also:great See also:Roman road from Lyons to the ocean. In 1447 the lordship of Roannais became the See also:property of the celebrated banker Jacques Cceur, from whom it passed as the result of a See also:law-suit to the See also:family of See also:Gouffier. In their favour the See also:title was raised to the See also:rank of marquisate and in 1566 to the rank of duchy; it became See also:extinct in the first See also:half of the 18th century.
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