1910–1911
Britannica 11th
Encyclopaedia Britannica · 11th edition
ARBOIS, a town of eastern France, in the department of Jura, on the Cuisance, 29 m. N.N.E. of Lons-le-Saunier by rail. Pop. (1906) 3454. The town is the seat of the tribunal of first instance of the arrondissement of Poligny, and has a communal college. The church of St Just, founded in the loth century, has good wood-carving. An Ursuline convent, built in 1764, serves as h6tel de ville and law court, and a church of the i-tth century is used as a market. There is an old chateau of the dukes of Burgundy. Arbois is …
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