EPERNAY  , a See also:

• TOWN

town of See also:

• NORTHERN

northern See also:

• FRANCE
• FRANCE, ANATOLE (1844– )

France, See also:

• CAPITAL (i.e. capital stock or fund)
• CAPITAL (Lat. caput, head)

capital of an See also:

• ARRONDISSEMENT (from arrondir, to make round)

arrondissement in the See also:

• DEPARTMENT (Fr. departement, from departir, to separate into parts)

department of See also:

• MARNE

Marne, 88 m . E.N.E. of See also:

• PARIS
• PARIS (also called ALEXANDROS)
• PARIS, ALEXIS PAULIN (1800-x881)
• PARIS, BRUNO PAULIN GASTON (1839-1903)
• PARIS, FRANCOIS DE (169o-1727)
• PARIS, LOUIS PHILIPPE ALBERT
• PARIS, TREATIES OF (1814-1815)

Paris on the See also:

• MAIN (from the Aryan root which appears in " may " and " might," and Lat. magnus, great)
• MAIN (Lat. Moenus)

main See also:

• LINE

line of the Eastern railway to Chalons-sur-Marne . Pop . (1906) 20,291 . The town is situated on the See also:

• LEFT

left See also:

• BANK

bank of the Marne at the extremity of the See also:

• PRETTY

pretty valley of the Cubry, by which it is traversed . In the central and See also:

• OLDEST

oldest See also:

• QUARTER (through Fr. from Lat. quartarius, fourth part)

quarter the streets are narrow and irregular; the surrounding suburbs are See also:

• MODERN

modern and more spacious, and that of La Folie, on the See also:

• EAST
• EAST, ALFRED (1849- )

east, contains many handsome villas belonging to See also:

• RICH, BARNABE (c. 1540-1617)
• RICH, CLAUDIUS JAMES (1787-1821)
• RICH, JOHN (1692-1761)
• RICH, PENELOPE, LADY (c. 1562–1607)
• RICH, RICHARD, 1ST BARON RICH (1490?-1567)

rich See also:

• WINE (Lat. vinum, Gr. oivos)

wine merchants . The town has also extended to the right bank of the Marne . One of its churches preserves a portal and stained-See also:

• GLASS
• GLASS (O.E. glees, cf. Ger. Glas, perhaps derived from an old Teutonic root gla-, a variant of glo-, having the general sense of shining, cf. " glare," " glow ")
• GLASS, STAINED

glass windows of the 16th See also:

• CENTURY (from Lat. centuria, a division of a hundred men)

century, but the other public buildings are modern . Epernay is best known as the See also:

• PRINCIPAL

principal See also:

• ENTREPOT (a French word, from the Lat. interpositum, that which is placed between)

entrepot of the See also:

• CHAMPAGNE

Champagne wines, which are bottled and kept in extensive vaults in the See also:

• CHALK

chalk See also:

• ROCK
• ROCK (O.Fr. rake, Sp. rota, Ital. rocca; possibly from a Lat. form rupica, from rupes, rock)
• ROCK, DANIEL (1799–187t)

rock on which the town is built . The manufacture of the apparatus and material used in the champagne See also:

• INDUSTRY (Lat. industria, from indu-, a form of the pre, position in, and either stare, to stand, or struere, to pile up)

industry occupies many hands, and the Eastern Railway See also:

• COMPANY

Company has important workshops here . See also:

• BREWING

Brewing, and the manufacture of See also:

• SUGAR

sugar and of hats and caps, are also carried on . Epernay is the seat of a sub-See also:

• PREFECT (prefet)

prefect and has tribunals of first instance and of See also:

• COMMERCE
• COMMERCE (Lat. commercium, from, cum, together, and rnerx, merchandise)

commerce, and communal colleges for girls and boys .

Epernay (Sparnacum) belonged to the archbishops of See also:

• REIMS
• REIMS (RHEIMS)

Reims from the 5th to the loth century, at which See also:

• PERIOD
• PERIOD (Gr. irepioSos, a going or way round, circuit, aepi, round, and &Sis, way, road)

period it came into the See also:

• POSSESSION
• POSSESSION (Lat. possessio, possidere, to possess)

possession of the See also:

• COUNTS

counts of Champagne . It suffered severely during the See also:

• HUNDRED

Hundred Years' See also:

• WAR
• WAR (O. Eng. werre, Fr. guerre, of Teutonic origin; cf. O.H.G. werran, to confound)

War, and was burned by See also:

• FRANCIS
• FRANCIS (FRarrcols) OF SALES, ST (1567-1622)
• FRANCIS (Lat. Franciscus, Ital. Francesco, Span. Francisco, Fr. Francois, Ger. Franz)
• FRANCIS, SIR PHILIP (174o-1818)

Francis I. in 1544 . It resisted See also:

• HENRY
• HENRY (1129-1195)
• HENRY (c. 1108-1139)
• HENRY (c. 1174–1216)
• HENRY (Fr. Henri; Span. Enrique; Ger. Heinrich; Mid. H. Ger. Heinrich and Heimrich; O.H.G. Haimi- or Heimirih, i.e. " prince, or chief of the house," from O.H.G. heim, the Eng. home, and rih, Goth. reiks; compare Lat. rex " king "—" rich," therefore " mig
• HENRY, EDWARD LAMSON (1841– )
• HENRY, JAMES (1798-1876)
• HENRY, JOSEPH (1797-1878)
• HENRY, MATTHEW (1662-1714)
• HENRY, PATRICK (1736–1799)
• HENRY, PRINCE OF BATTENBERG (1858-1896)
• HENRY, ROBERT (1718-1790)
• HENRY, VICTOR (1850– )
• HENRY, WILLIAM (1795-1836)

Henry of See also:

• NAVARRE (Span. Navarra)

Navarre in 1592, and See also:

• MARSHAL (med. Lat. marescalcus, from O.H.Ger. marah, horse, and scalc, servant)

Marshal See also:

• BIRON, ARMAND DE GONTAUT, BARON DE (1524-1592)

Biron See also:

• FELL
• FELL, JOHN (1625-1686)

fell in the attack which preceded its See also:

• CAPTURE (from Lat. capere, to take; Fr. prise maritime; Ger. Wegnahme)

capture . In 1642 it was, along with See also:

• CHATEAU (from Lat. castellum, fortress, through O. Fr. chastel, chasteau)

Chateau-See also:

• THIERRY

Thierry, erected into a duchy and assigned to the See also:

• DUKE (corresponding to Fr. duc, Ital. duca, Ger. Herzog)

duke of See also:

• BOUILLON

Bouillon .