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AUBERVILLIERS , or AUBERVILLIERS-See also:LES-VERTUS, a See also:town of See also:northern See also:France, in the See also:department of See also:Seine, on the See also:canal St See also:Denis, 2 M. from the right See also:bank of the Seine and i m . N. of the fortifications of See also:Paris . Pop . (I0o6) 33,358 . Its manufactures include cardboard, See also:glue, See also:oils, See also:colours, fertilizers, chemical products, See also:perfumery, &c . During the See also:middle ages and till See also:modern times Aubervilliers was the resort of numerous pilgrims, who came to pay See also:honour to Notre See also:Dame See also:des Vertus . In 1814 the locality was the See also:scene of a stubborn combat between the See also:French and the See also:Allies . |
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