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FOURMIES

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Originally appearing in Volume V10, Page 758 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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FOURMIES  , 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, on an affluent of the Sambre, 39 M . S.E. of
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Valenciennes by
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rail . Pop . (1906) 13,308 . It is one of the
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chief centres in France for
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wool combing and
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spinning, and produces a
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great variety of cloths . The
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glass-
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works of Fourmies date from 1599, and were the first established in the
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north of France .
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Iron is worked in the vicinity, and there are important forges and foundries .
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Enamel-
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ware is also manufactured . In 1891 labour troubles brought about military intervention and consequent bloodshed . A
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board of
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trade
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arbitration and a school of
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commerce and
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industry are among the public institutions .

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