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DIGOIN
, a See also:town of See also:east-central See also:France, in the See also:department of See also:Saone-et-See also:Loire, on the right See also:bank of the Loire, 55 M
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W.N.W. of See also:Macon on the See also:Paris-See also:Lyon railway
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Pop
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(1906) 5321
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It is situated at the See also:meeting places of the Loire, the Lateral See also:canal of the Loire and the Canal du Centre, which here crosses the Loire by a See also:fine See also:aqueduct
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The town carries on considerable manufactures of See also:faience, pottery and See also:porcelain
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The See also:port on the Canal du Centre has considerable See also:traffic in See also:timber, See also:sand, See also:iron, See also:coal and See also: |
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