CLAMECY, a small town of France, capital of a cog-
nominal arrondissement, in the department of Nièvre, at
the confluence of the Yonne and Beuvron, 38 miles N.N.E.
of Nevers. Pop. (1851) 6002. It has some remains of its
ancient castle, and of the massive walls by which it was for-
merly surrounded; several Gothic churches, a handsome
modern chateau; manufactures of woollen cloths, earthen-
wares, paper, and leather; and a considerable trade in wood
and charcoal, principally with Paris, by means of the Yonne.