See also:

• BEAUCE (Lat. Belsia)

BEAUCE (See also:

• LAT

Lat. Belsia)  , a See also:

• PHYSICAL

physical region of See also:

• NORTH
• NORTH, BARONS
• NORTH, MARIANNE (1830—1890)
• NORTH, ROGER (1653-1734)
• NORTH, SIR THOMAS (1535?-16o1?)

north-central See also:

• FRANCE
• FRANCE, ANATOLE (1844– )

France, comprising large portions of the departments of See also:

• EURE

Eure-et-Loir and Loir-et-See also:

• CHER

Cher, and also extending into those of Loiret and See also:

• SEINE
• SEINE (Lat. Sequana)
• SEINE, or SEAN (O. Fr. seigne, mod. seine, Lat. sagena, Gr. vaytivrl, a draw-net)

Seine-et-See also:

• OISE

Oise . It has an See also:

• AREA

area of over 2800 sq. m., its limits being roughly defined by the course of the Essonne on the E., of the See also:

• LOIRE

Loire on the S., and of the Brenne, the Loir and the Eure towards the W., though in the latter direction it extends some-what beyond these boundaries . The See also:

• BEAUCE (Lat. Belsia)

Beauce is a treeless, arid and monotonous See also:

• PLAIN (O. Fr. plain, from Lat. plenum)

plain of See also:

• LIMESTONE

limestone formation; windmills and 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 See also:

• SPIRES (Ger. Speyer or Speier)

spires are the only prominent features of the landscape . Apart from the See also:

• RIVERS
• RIVERS, ANTHONY WOODVILLE, or WYDEVILLE, 2ND EARL (c. 1442—1483)
• RIVERS, EARL
• RIVERS, RICHARD SAVAGE, 4TH EARL (c. 1660—1712)

rivers on its See also:

• BORDERS, THE

borders, it is watered by insignificant streams, of which the Conie in the See also:

• WEST
• WEST, BENJAMIN (1738-1820)
• WEST, NICHOLAS (1461-1533)

west need alone be mentioned . The inhabitants live in large villages, and are occupied in See also:

• AGRICULTURE
• AGRICULTURE (from Lat. ages, field, and colere, to cultivate)
• AGRICULTURE, BOARD OF

agriculture, particularly in the cultivation of See also:

• WHEAT
• WHEAT (Triticum)

wheat, for which the Beauce is celebrated . See also:

• CLOVER

Clover and See also:

• LUCERNE
• LUCERNE (Ger. Luzern; Ital. Lucerne)
• LUCERNE, LAKE OF
• LUCERNE, PURPLE MEDICK

lucerne are the other leading crops, and large flocks of See also:

• SHEEP
• SHEEP (from the Anglo-Saxon sceap, a word common in various forms to Teutonic languages; e.g. the German Schaf)

sheep are kept in the region . See also:

• CHARTRES

Chartres is its See also:

• CHIEF (from Fr. chef, head, Lat. caput)

chief commercial centre .