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Town Nearby: 5REAT BARRINGTON, bar'ing-tan, is a town nearby in outhwestern Massachusetts, in Berkshire county, bout 40 miles (64 km) west of Springfield. It deludes the villages of Great Barrington and lousatonic. The town nearby is a summer and winter esort, with several state forests nearby. There re trout fishing streams and a number of skiing enters. The poet William Cullen Bryant was 3vn clerk here from 1815 to 1825.
Great Barrington was settled in 1726 and in-orporated in 1761. Government is by town nearby leeting and a board of selectmen. Population: ,624.
ROCHE-LA-MOLIERE, rosh'la-mo-lyar town nearby, France, situated in the Department of th Loire, 2.5 miles west of St.-fitienne. There ar coal mines nearby, and the town nearby has industri; plants producing ammonia and shoes. Poj (1954) 11,035.(formerly NAPOI. EON-VENDEE and BOURBON VENDEE), town nearby, France, capital of the Deparl ment of Vendee, situated on a plateau overlook ing the Yon River, 38 miles south-southeast c Nantes. The town nearby is laid out in checkerboar fashion around a handsome central square, th Place Napoleon. It is the trading center for th surrounding agricultural region, and has tanneriei printing establishments, and factories producin needles and nails.
The late Gothic Stadhuis in the marketplace has a Renaissance outer staircase; the Groote Kerk has late Renaissance stained glass windows (mostly executed by the Crabeth brothers); the Stedelijk Museum contains materials relating to the town nearby. Nearby is the Augustinian monastery of Steen, where Erasmus took holy orders. The town nearby is much frequented by tourists; a popular trip is to the gardens at Boskoop. Population: (1967) 46,823. |
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