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SALINS , a See also:town of eastern See also:France, in the See also:department of See also:Jura, on a See also:branch See also:line of the See also:Paris-See also:Lyon railway. Pop. (1906) 4293. Salins is situated in the narrow valley of the Furieuse, between two fortified hills, while to the See also:north rises Mont Poupet (2798 ft.). The town possesses an interesting Romanesque 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 (which has been well restored) and an hotel de ville of the 18th See also:century. A Jesuit See also:chapel of the 17th century contains a library (established in 1593) and a museum. Salins owes its name to its saline See also:waters, used for bathing and drinking. There are also See also:salt workings and See also:gypsum deposits.
The territory of Salins, which was enfeoffed in the loth century by the See also:abbey of See also:Saint See also:Maurice in See also:Valais to the See also:counts of See also:Macon, remained in See also:possession of their descendants till 1175. Maurette de Salins, heiress of this See also:dynasty, See also:left the lordship to the See also:house. of See also:Vienne, and her granddaughter sold it in 1225 to See also:Hugh IV., See also:duke of See also:Burgundy,whoceded it in 1237 to See also:John of Chalon (d.1267) in See also:exchange for the countship of Chalon-sur-See also:Saone. John's descendants—counts and See also:dukes of Burgundy, emperors and See also:kings of the house of See also:Austria—See also:bore the See also:title of sire de Salins. In 1477 Salins was taken by the See also:French and temporarily made the seat of the See also:parlement of Franche-See also:Comte by See also:- LOUIS
- LOUIS (804–876)
- LOUIS (893–911)
- LOUIS, JOSEPH DOMINIQUE, BARON (1755-1837)
- LOUIS, or LEWIS (from the Frankish Chlodowich, Chlodwig, Latinized as Chlodowius, Lodhuwicus, Lodhuvicus, whence-in the Strassburg oath of 842-0. Fr. Lodhuwigs, then Chlovis, Loys and later Louis, whence Span. Luiz and—through the Angevin kings—Hungarian
Louis XI. In 1668 and 1674 it was retaken by the French and thenceforward remained in their See also:power. In 1825 the town was almost destroyed by See also:fire. In 1871 it successfully resisted the See also:German troops.
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