See also:PONT AUDEMER
, a See also:town of See also:north-western See also:France, See also:capital of an See also:arrondissement in the See also:department of See also:Eure, 39 M
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N.W. of See also:Evreux, on the Risle, a See also:left-See also:bank affluent of the See also:Seine, and on the railway from Evreux to See also:Honfleur
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Pop
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(1906), 5700
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The See also:- CHURCH
- CHURCH (according to most authorities derived from the Gr. Kvpcaxov [&wµa], " the Lord's [house]," and common to many Teutonic, Slavonic and other languages under various forms—Scottish kirk, Ger. Kirche, Swed. kirka, Dan. kirke, Russ. tserkov, Buig. cerk
- CHURCH, FREDERICK EDWIN (1826-1900)
- CHURCH, GEORGE EARL (1835–1910)
- CHURCH, RICHARD WILLIAM (1815–189o)
- CHURCH, SIR RICHARD (1784–1873)
church of St Ouen, which has See also:fine stained See also:glass of the 16th See also:century, combines the See also:late See also:Gothic and See also:Renaissance styles; its See also:choir is Romanesque
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See also:Local institutions are the sub-prefecture, a tribunal of first instance, a See also:board of See also:trade-See also:arbitration, a chamber and tribunal of See also:commerce
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Manufacturing See also:industry is active, and includes the See also:founding of malleable See also:- METAL
- METAL (through Fr. from Lat. metallum, mine, quarry, adapted from Gr. µATaXAov, in the same sense, probably connected with ,ueraAAdv, to search after, explore, µeTa, after, aAAos, other)
metal, a See also:spur factory, the manufacture of See also:glue and See also:paper, See also:cotton-See also:spinning and various branches of See also:leather manufacture
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There is trade in See also:flax, See also:wool, See also:grain, See also:cattle, See also:cider, paper, See also:iron, See also:wood and See also:coal
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The See also:port has a length of over See also:half a mile on the Risle, which is navigable for small vessels from this point to its mouth (10 m.)
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The town owes its name to Audomar, a See also:Frank See also:lord, who in the 7th or 8th century built a See also:bridge over the Risle at this point
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It was the See also:scene of several provincial ecclesiastical See also:councils in the 12th and 13th centuries and of meetings of the estates of See also:Normandy in the 13th century
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