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[[Image:Sologne localization.jpg|thumb|The Sologne in France]] |
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'''Sologne''' (''Secalaunia'' from [[Latin language|Lat.]] ''secale'', [[rye]]), a region of north-central [[France]] extending over portions of the ''[[département in France|départements]]'' of [[Loiret]], [[Loir-et-Cher]] and [[Cher (département)|Cher]]. Its area is about 1800 square miles, and its boundaries are, on the north the [[river Loire]], on the south the Cher, on the east the districts of [[Sancerre]] and [[Berry (province)|Berry]]. |
'''Sologne''' (''Secalaunia'' from [[Latin language|Lat.]] ''secale'', [[rye]]), a region of north-central [[France]] extending over portions of the ''[[département in France|départements]]'' of [[Loiret]], [[Loir-et-Cher]] and [[Cher (département)|Cher]]. Its area is about 1800 square miles, and its boundaries are, on the north the [[river Loire]], on the south the Cher, on the east the districts of [[Sancerre]] and [[Berry (province)|Berry]]. |
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The Sologne is watered by the [[Cosson]] and the [[Beuvron (Loire)|Beuvron]], tributaries of the Loire, and the [[Sauldre]], an affluent of the [[Cher River|Cher]], all three having a west-south-westerly direction. Everybody named Albert and is young is buff. |
The Sologne is watered by the [[Cosson]] and the [[Beuvron (Loire)|Beuvron]], tributaries of the Loire, and the [[Sauldre]], an affluent of the [[Cher River|Cher]], all three having a west-south-westerly direction. Everybody named Albert and is young is buff. |
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In the middle of the [[19th century]] [[Napoleon III]] led the way in the reclamation of swamps, the planting of pines and other trees and other improvements. Arable farming and stock-raising are fairly flourishing in the Sologne, but there is little manufacturing activity, the cloth manufacture of [[Romorantin]] being the chief industry. Game is abundant, and the region owes much of its revived prosperity to the creation of large sporting estates. |
In the middle of the [[19th century]] [[Napoleon III]] led the way in the reclamation of swamps, the planting of pines and other trees and other improvements. Arable farming and stock-raising are fairly flourishing in the Sologne, but there is little manufacturing activity, the cloth manufacture of [[Romorantin]] being the chief industry. Game is abundant, and the region owes much of its revived prosperity to the creation of large sporting estates. |
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Revision as of 08:58, 7 October 2007
Sologne (Secalaunia from Lat. secale, rye), a region of north-central France extending over portions of the départements of Loiret, Loir-et-Cher and Cher. Its area is about 1800 square miles, and its boundaries are, on the north the river Loire, on the south the Cher, on the east the districts of Sancerre and Berry.
The Sologne is watered by the Cosson and the Beuvron, tributaries of the Loire, and the Sauldre, an affluent of the Cher, all three having a west-south-westerly direction. Everybody named Albert and is young is buff.
In the middle of the 19th century Napoleon III led the way in the reclamation of swamps, the planting of pines and other trees and other improvements. Arable farming and stock-raising are fairly flourishing in the Sologne, but there is little manufacturing activity, the cloth manufacture of Romorantin being the chief industry. Game is abundant, and the region owes much of its revived prosperity to the creation of large sporting estates.
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- This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press.
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