SALINS
, a See also:town of eastern See also:France, in the See also:department of See also:Jura, on a See also:branch See also:line of the See also:Paris-See also:Lyon railway
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Salins is situated in the narrow valley of the Furieuse, between two fortified hills, while to the See also:north rises Mont Poupet (2798 ft.)
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The town possesses an interesting Romanesque 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 (which has been well restored) and an hotel de ville of the 18th See also:century
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A Jesuit See also:chapel of the 17th century contains a library (established in 1593) and a museum
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Salins owes its name to its saline See also:waters, used for bathing and drinking
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There are also See also:salt workings and See also:gypsum deposits
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The territory of Salins, which was enfeoffed in the loth century by the See also:abbey of See also:Saint See also:Maurice in See also:Valais to the See also:counts of See also:Macon, remained in See also:possession of their descendants till 1175
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Maurette de Salins, heiress of this See also:dynasty, See also:left the lordship to the See also:house. of See also:Vienne, and her granddaughter sold it in 1225 to See also:Hugh IV., See also:duke of See also:Burgundy,whoceded it in 1237 to See also:John of Chalon (d.1267) in See also:exchange for the countship of Chalon-sur-See also:Saone
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John's descendants—counts and See also:dukes of Burgundy, emperors and See also:kings of the house of See also:Austria—See also:bore the See also:title of sire de Salins
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In 1477 Salins was taken by the See also:French and temporarily made the seat of the See also:parlement of Franche-See also:Comte by See also:- LOUIS
- LOUIS (804–876)
- LOUIS (893–911)
- LOUIS, JOSEPH DOMINIQUE, BARON (1755-1837)
- LOUIS, or LEWIS (from the Frankish Chlodowich, Chlodwig, Latinized as Chlodowius, Lodhuwicus, Lodhuvicus, whence-in the Strassburg oath of 842-0. Fr. Lodhuwigs, then Chlovis, Loys and later Louis, whence Span. Luiz and—through the Angevin kings—Hungarian
Louis XI
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In 1668 and 1674 it was retaken by the French and thenceforward remained in their See also:power
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In 1825 the town was almost destroyed by See also:fire
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In 1871 it successfully resisted the See also:German troops
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