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Originally appearing in Volume V23, Page 966 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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SABLE  , a

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town of western France, in the department of
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Sarthe, on the
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river Sarthe, 30 M . W.S.W. of Le Mans by
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rail . Pop . (1906) 4952 . Sable has a chateau of the 18th century, a fortified gateway, relic of a
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medieval stronghold, and a
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modern church with
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fine stained glass of the early 15th century . Its importance, however, is chiefly due to the marble quarries of the vicinity, the products of which are worked in the town, where
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flour-milling, the manufacture of
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farm-implements and trade in cattle are also carried on . A communal college is among the public institutions . From the 11th century Sable was the seat of a powerful
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barony, which in 1602 was made a duchy-peerage in favour of Urbain de Laval, marshal of France . The place afterwards came into the possession of Colbert de Torcy,
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nephew of the
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great Colbert who built the chateau . In 1488 a treaty which resulted in the union of France and
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Brittany was concluded at Sable, between Charles VIII. and Duke Francis II .

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