Le Chambon-Feugerolles
Chambon-Feugerolles, LeLe Chambon-Feugerolles, France. Le Chambon-Feugerolles, town, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes région, south-central France, on the Ondaine River, just southwest of Saint-Étienne. It is overlooked (southeast) by the castle of the Feugerolles (11th–14th centuries). The town is a former centre of the coal-mining and metallurgical industries. Pop. (1999) 14,090; (2014 est.) 12,582.
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Article Title:
Le Chambon-Feugerolles
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Encyclopaedia Britannica
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Encyclopaedia Britannica, Inc.
Date Published:
02 June 2017
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November 21, 2024