The international geography . nd France, has revivedagain in the sister-towns of Tourcoingand Roubaix which are now unitedby the growing suburbs of Lille. The towns of the Somme share the intense industrial activity of FrenchFlanders, especially Amiens, where the full river flows slowly through apeaty valley at the base of long ridges denuded of chalk, and St. Ouentin,the capital of the district of Vermandois, where a canal unites the Sommeand the Oise. One of the outlying hills of the old province of He de France is crownedby the citadel of Laon. Another, the Montagne de Reims, displays a ric
The international geography . nd France, has revivedagain in the sister-towns of Tourcoingand Roubaix which are now unitedby the growing suburbs of Lille. The towns of the Somme share the intense industrial activity of FrenchFlanders, especially Amiens, where the full river flows slowly through apeaty valley at the base of long ridges denuded of chalk, and St. Ouentin,the capital of the district of Vermandois, where a canal unites the Sommeand the Oise. One of the outlying hills of the old province of He de France is crownedby the citadel of Laon. Another, the Montagne de Reims, displays a richcovering of vineyards on its slopes, and conceals in the cellars beneath itssurface millions of bottles of champagne. The town of Reims, whereClovis was baptized and the kings of France consecrated, covers wdth itsfactories the beginning of the plain of Champagne. Champagne Pouilleusehas two centres, Chdlons-sur-Marne with its great camp, and Troyes, thescene of one of the most ancient fairs in northern France. Further east,. J Miles. Fig. 125.—The maIIii/iictiiriug district of Lille. 250 The International Geography bcvond the mountain ridge of the Cotes de Meuse, are the two stronglyfortified episcopal cities Verdun and Totil. A furrow in the plateau ofLorraine is marked out by the blast furnaces near Nancy, a city proud ofits squares and of its monuments, the heritage of Stanislas. Paris, situated in the hollow of the Paris Basin 85 feet above sea-level,is a centre towards which flow not only the rivers converging to the Seinebut the commodities of the surrounding countries and the people of Franceand of the world. Originating on an island in the Seine, and at first, likeLondon, a resting place for sailors, it has spread over the higher ground ofboth banks, until now it is bounded on the south, near Villejuif, by thelower slopes of an agricultural plateau, and is expanding in suburbs ofvillas towards Vincennes, and as a town of factories to the north includingSt. Oiien and
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