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Le Chambon

1911 Encyclopedia Britannica

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Or LE Chambon-Feugerolles, a town of east-central France in the department of Loire, 71 m. S.W. of St Etienne by rail, on the Ondaine, a tributary of the Loire. Pop. (1906) town, 7525; commune, 12,011. Coal is mined in the neighbourhood, and there are forges, steel works, manufactures of tools and other iron goods, and silk mills. The feudal castle of Feugerolles on a hill to the south-east dates in part from the nth century.

Between Le Chambon and St Etienne is La Ricamarie (pop. of town 5289) also of importance for its coal-mines. Many of the galleries of a number of these mines are on fire, probably from spontaneous combustion. According to popular tradition these fires date from the time of the Saracens; more authentically from the 15th century.

Bibliography Information
Chisholm, Hugh, General Editor. Entry for 'Le Chambon'. 1911 Encyclopedia Britanica. https://www.studylight.org/​encyclopedias/​eng/​bri/​l/le-chambon.html. 1910.
 
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