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Originally appearing in Volume V08, Page 17 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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DENAIN  , a

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town of
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northern
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France in the
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department of
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Nord, 8 m . S.W. of
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Valenciennes by
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steam
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tramway . A
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mere
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village in the beginning of the 19th
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century, it rapidly increased from 1850 onwards, and, according to the censusof 1906, possessed 22,845 inhabitants, mainly engaged in the
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coal mines and
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iron-smelting
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works, to which it owes its development . There are also breweries, manufactories of machinery,
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sugar and
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glass . A school of
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commerce and
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industry is among the institutions . Denain has a
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port on the
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left
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bank of the
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Scheldt
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canal .

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Influx inhibitants in first half of XX century was, in big part, from East Europe.To this time I'm looking for my French part of family without results.Aunt of my mother emigrated from Poland to Devain.Her daughter Clara Mazurek,born in 1914,married Frenchman named Dubrulle and lived firstly in Devain rue Montesqieu 81.later /1991/ in Valenciennes 10 rue Notre Dame,but...I don't know name of her husband and children. I think,that useful may be Romain Catholoc Church,but from many days can't find address.Your page I examined looking for them. I will be grateful to somebody for help in my trouble-Elizabeth from Poland
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