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GUISE , a See also:town of See also:northern See also:France, in the See also:department of See also:Aisne, on the See also:Oise, 31 M . N. of See also:Laon by See also:rail . Pop . (1906), 7562 . The town was formerly the See also:capital of the See also:district of Thierache and afterwards of a countship (see below) . There is a See also:chateau dating in See also:part from the See also:middle of the 16th See also:century . Camille See also:Desmoulins was in 1762 See also:born in the town, which has erected a statue to him . The See also:chief See also:industry is the manufacture of See also:iron stoves and See also:heating apparatus, carried on on the co-operative See also:system in See also:works founded by J . B . A . See also:Godin, who built for his workpeople the huge buildings known as the familistere, in front of which stands his statue . A See also:board of See also:trade-See also:arbitration is among the public institutions .
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