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Arbois
1911 Encyclopedia Britannica
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a town of eastern France, in the department of Jura, on the Cuisance, 29 m. N.N.E. of Lons-le-Saunier by rail. Pop. (1906) 3454. The town is the seat of the tribunal of first instance of the arrondissement of Poligny, and has a communal college. The church of St Just, founded in the 10th century, has good wood-carving. An Ursuline convent, built in 1764, serves as hotel de ville and law court, and a church of the 14th century is used as a market. There is an old château of the dukes of Burgundy. Arbois is well known for its red and white wines, and has saw-mills, tanneries and market gardens, and manufactures paper, oil and casks.
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Chisholm, Hugh, General Editor. Entry for 'Arbois'. 1911 Encyclopedia Britanica. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/bri/a/arbois.html. 1910.
Chisholm, Hugh, General Editor. Entry for 'Arbois'. 1911 Encyclopedia Britanica. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/bri/a/arbois.html. 1910.
