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Grammont
1911 Encyclopedia Britannica
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(the Flemish name Gheeraardsbergen more clearly reveals its etymology Gerardi-mons), a town in East Flanders, Belgium, near the meeting point with the provinces of Brabant and Hainaut. is on the Dender almost due south of Alost, and is chiefly famous because the charter of Grammont given by Baldwin VI., count of Flanders, in A.D. 1068 was the first of its kind. This charter has been styled "the most ancient written monument of civil and criminal laws in Flanders." The modern town is a busy industrial centre. Pop. (1904) 12,835.
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Chisholm, Hugh, General Editor. Entry for 'Grammont'. 1911 Encyclopedia Britanica. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/bri/g/grammont.html. 1910.
Chisholm, Hugh, General Editor. Entry for 'Grammont'. 1911 Encyclopedia Britanica. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/bri/g/grammont.html. 1910.
