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BELLEY
, a See also:town of eastern See also:France, See also:capital of an See also:arrondissement in the See also:department of See also:Ain, 52 M
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S.E. of Bourg by the See also:Paris-See also:Lyon railway
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Pop
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(1906), town, 3709; See also:commune, 5707
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It is situated on See also:vine-covered hills at the southernextremity of the See also:Jura, 3 M. from the right See also:bank of the See also:Rhone
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Apart from the See also:cathedral of St See also:Jean, which, with the exception of the See also:choir of 1413, is a See also:modern See also:building, there is little of architectural See also:interest in the town
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Belley is the seat of a bishopric and a See also:prefect, and has a tribunal of first instance
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The manufacture of See also:morocco See also:leather goods and the See also:quarrying of the lithographic See also: |
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