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Briey

(Encyclopedia)Briey brēāˈ [key], town, Meurthe-et-Moselle dept., in Lorraine, NE France. It is at the center of the huge Briey iron-ore basin (see Lorraine) and has a chemical industry. ...

Bar-le-Duc

(Encyclopedia)Bar-le-Duc bär-lə-dükˈ [key], town, capital of Meuse dept., NE France, in Lorraine. It has ...

Sète

(Encyclopedia)Sète, formerly Cette both: sĕt [key], town (1990 pop. 41,916), Hérault dept., S France, in Languedoc, on the Mediterranean. It is one of the most important commercial and fishing ports of S France,...

Sabine

(Encyclopedia)Sabine săbēnˈ [key], river, c.575 mi (925 km) long, rising on the prairies NE of Dallas, Tex. It flows SE across Texas, then south to mark the Texas–Louisiana line. Near its mouth it broadens to ...

Sèvres

(Encyclopedia)Sèvres sĕvˈrə [key], town (1990 pop. 22,057), Hauts-de-Seine dept., N central France, on the Seine River; a residential suburb SW of Paris. The famous Sèvres ware porcelain is made in the town, w...

Carpentras

(Encyclopedia)Carpentras kärpäNträsˈ [key], town, Vaucluse dept., SE France, in Provence. It is an important ...

Lons-le-Saunier

(Encyclopedia)Lons-le-Saunier lôN-lə-sōnyāˈ [key], town (1990 pop. 20,140), capital of Jura dept., E France, at the foot of the Jura Mts. A saltwater spa since Roman times, the town has food and textile indust...

Tulle

(Encyclopedia)Tulle to͞ol, Fr. tül [key], town (1990 pop. 18,685), capital of Corrèze dept., S central France. Firearms and other goods are made there. Tulle was built around a 7th-century monastery. It gave its...

Bourget, Le

(Encyclopedia)Bourget, Le, town, Seine–Saint-Denis dept., N central France. A suburb of Paris, it is the site of Le Bourget airport, once Paris's main airport but n...

Winter Park

(Encyclopedia)Winter Park, residential and resort city (1990 pop. 22,242), Orange co., central Fla., just N of Orlando in a citrus area; settled in the 1850s, inc. 1887. It is the seat of Rollins College. Within th...