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Originally appearing in Volume V12, Page 56 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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GIVORS  , a manufacturing

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town of
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south-eastern
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France, in the
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department of
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Rhone, on the railway between
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Lyons and St
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Etienne, 14 M . S. of
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Lyon . Pop . (1906) 11,444 . It is situated on the right
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bank of the Rhone, here crossed by a suspension
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bridge, at its confluence with the Gier and the
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canal of Givors, which starts at
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Grand Croix on the Gier, some 13 M. distant . The
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chief
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industries are
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metal-working,
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engineering-construction and
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glass-working . There are
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coal mines in the vicinity . On the
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hill overlooking the town are the ruins of the
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chateau of St Gerald and of the
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convent of St Ferreol, remains of the old town destroyed in 1594 .

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