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Chalon-sur-Saône (inhabited place) |
Coordinates: |
| Lat: 46 47 20 N degrees minutes |
Lat: 46.7888 decimal degrees |
| Long: 004 50 56 E degrees minutes |
Long: 4.8488 decimal degrees |
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Note: An important town of the Gallic tribe of Aedui; exchanged for other fiefs in the Jura by Jean le Sage 1237; granted a charter 1256; held out against Austrian troops 1814; has 12th/15th-cen. cathedral, 14th-cen. church & 15th-cen. episcopal palace. |
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| Chalon-sur-Saône (preferred,C,V)
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| Chalons-Sur-Saóne (C,V)
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| Chalons-sur-Saone (C,V)
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| Chalons (C,V)
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| Chalons sur Saône (C,V)
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| Cabillonum (H,V)
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| Cabilonnum (H,V)
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| Chalon (H,V)
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Burgundy (historical region) (P) |
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| inhabited place (preferred, C) |
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| city (C) |
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| industrial center (C) |
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| administrative center (C) |
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| commercial center (C) |
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| transportation center (C) |
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| capital (H) |
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of Burgundy by King Guntram, 6th cen. |
| countship (H) |
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during feudal times |
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