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CHAUNY , a See also:town of See also:northern See also:France in the See also:department of See also:Aisne, 19 M . S. by W. of St Quentin by See also:rail . Pop . (1906) 10,127 . The town is situated on the See also:Oise (which here becomes navigable) and at the junction of the See also:canal of St Quentin with the lateral canal of the Oise, and carries on an active See also:trade . It contains See also:mirror-polishing See also:works, subsidiary to the mirror-works of St Gobain, chemical works, See also:sugar manufactories, See also:metal foundries and breweries . Chauny was the See also:scene of much fighting in the See also:Hundred Years' See also:War . |
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