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Volume 9 · 92 words · 1860 Edition

St, a town of France, capital of a communnal arrondissement in the department of Cantal, 33 miles E.N.E. of Aurillac. It stands on a basaltic plateau 300 feet high, at the foot of which flows the Dauzan. The town is ill-built, with narrow and irregular streets; and the houses being constructed of basalt give it a dull and sombre appearance. It is, however, the seat of a bishopric, and has tribunals of primary instance and commerce, a communal college, public library, agricultural society, museum, hospital, and a public fountain. Pop. (1851) 5254.