ARBOIS
Online Encyclopedia
Originally appearing in Volume
V02,
Page 337
of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
ARBOIS
, a town of eastern France, in the department of Jura, on the Cuisance, 29 M
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N.N.E. of Lons-le-Saunier by rail
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Pop
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(1906) 3454• The town is the seat of the tribunal of first instance of the arrondissement of Poligny, and has a communal college
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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)
of St Just, founded in the loth century, .has good wood- carving
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An Ursuline convent, built in 1764, serves as hotel de ville and law court, and a church of the 14th century is used as a market
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There is an old chateau of the dukes of Burgundy
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Arbois is well known for its red and See also: - WHITE
- WHITE, ANDREW DICKSON (1832– )
- WHITE, GILBERT (1720–1793)
- WHITE, HENRY KIRKE (1785-1806)
- WHITE, HUGH LAWSON (1773-1840)
- WHITE, JOSEPH BLANCO (1775-1841)
- WHITE, RICHARD GRANT (1822-1885)
- WHITE, ROBERT (1645-1704)
- WHITE, SIR GEORGE STUART (1835– )
- WHITE, SIR THOMAS (1492-1567)
- WHITE, SIR WILLIAM ARTHUR (1824--1891)
- WHITE, SIR WILLIAM HENRY (1845– )
- WHITE, THOMAS (1628-1698)
- WHITE, THOMAS (c. 1550-1624)
wines, and has saw- mills, tanneries and market gardens, and manufactures paper, oil and casks
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