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Port-Vendres

1911 Encyclopedia Britannica

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A seaport of south-western France, in the department of Pyrenees-Orientales, in an inlet of the Mediterranean Sea, 191 m. S.S.E. of Perpignan by rail. Pop. (1906), 2525. Port-Vendres, the ancient Portus Veneris, is fourth in importance of the French Mediterranean ports, and forms a good harbour of refuge. Its trade, which is with Spain, Greece and Algeria, is in cork, carobs, grain and wine, &c.

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Chisholm, Hugh, General Editor. Entry for 'Port-Vendres'. 1911 Encyclopedia Britanica. https://www.studylight.org/​encyclopedias/​eng/​bri/​p/port-vendres.html. 1910.
 
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