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JEAN D'ANGELY

Volume 12 · 90 words · 1860 Edition

JEAN D'ANGELY, Sr., a town of France, capital of a cognominal arrondissement, in the department of Charente Inferieure, on the River Boutonne, 33 miles E.S.E. of La Rochelle. It has two parish churches, an ancient abbey, communal college, hospital, theatre, and a handsome public hall. The chief manufactures are gunpowder and cognac brandy. By means of the river, which is navigable for vessels of from thirty to forty tons, a considerable trade is carried on in wine, brandy, and timber. Pop. (1831) 6187.

JEBAIL, a town of Syria. See DJEBAIL.