PERCHE  , a region of See also:

• NORTHERN

northern See also:

• FRANCE
• FRANCE, ANATOLE (1844– )

France extending over the departments of See also:

• ORNE

Orne, See also:

• EURE

Eure, Eure-et-Loir and See also:

• SARTHE

Sarthe . Its boundaries are See also:

• NORMANDY

Normandy on the N. and W., See also:

• MAINE
• MAINE, ANNE LOUISE BENEDICTE DE BOURBON
• MAINE, SIR HENRY JAMES SUMNER (1822–1888)

Maine on the S.W., Vendomois and See also:

• DUNOIS, JEAN, COUNT OF (1403-1468)

Dunois on the S., See also:

• BEAUCE (Lat. Belsia)

Beauce on the E. and Thimerais on the N.E . The greater See also:

• PART

part of the See also:

• DISTRICT

district is occupied by a semicircle of heights (from 65o to r000 ft. in height) stretching from See also:

• MOULINS

Moulins-la-See also:

• MARCHE
• MARCHE, or LA MARCHE

Marche on the See also:

• NORTH
• NORTH, BARONS
• NORTH, MARIANNE (1830—1890)
• NORTH, ROGER (1653-1734)
• NORTH, SIR THOMAS (1535?-16o1?)

north-See also:

• WEST
• WEST, BENJAMIN (1738-1820)
• WEST, NICHOLAS (1461-1533)

west to Montmirail on the See also:

• SOUTH
• SOUTH, ROBERT (1634–1716)

south; within the See also:

• BASIN, or BASON (the older form bacin is found in many of the Romanic languages, from the Late Lat. baccinus or bacchinus, probably derived from bacca, a bowl)
• BASIN, THOMAS (1412—1491)

basin formed thereby the shape of which is defined by the Huisne, an affluent of the Sarthe, See also:

• LIE, JONAS LAURITZ EDEMIL (1833—1908)
• LIE, MARIUS SOPHUS (1842–1899)

lie the See also:

• CHIEF (from Fr. chef, head, Lat. caput)

chief towns—See also:

• MORTAGNE

Mortagne, Nogent-le-See also:

• ROTROU, JEAN DE (1609-1650)

Rotrou and Belleeme . Stock-raising and See also:

• DAIRY

dairy-farming are flourishing in the Perche, which is famous for the See also:

• PRODUCTION (Lat. productionem, from producere, to pro-duce)

production of a breed of large and powerful horses . See also:

• CIDER (q.v.)
• CIDER, or CYDER (from the Fr. cidre, derived from the Lat. sicera or cisera, Gr. mucepa, Heb. shade, strong drink)

Cider-apples and See also:

• PEARS

pears are grown throughout the district . In the See also:

• MIDDLE

middle ages the Perche constituted a countship of which Corbon, Mortagne and Nogent-le-Rotrou were successively the capitals . Under the ancien regime it formed, together with Maine, a gouvernement of which Mortagne was the See also:

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

capital .