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About Beauvais, France
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Beauvais is a town and commune of northern France, capital of the Oise département.
FACTS AND FIGURES
- Population: 55,500
- The industry of Beauvais comprises, besides the state manufacture of tapestry, which dates from 1664, the manufacture of various kinds of cotton and woollen goods, brushes, toys, boots and shoes, and bricks and tiles
- Beauvais lies at the foot of wooded hills on the left bank of the Thérain at its confluence with the Avelon
- Jeanne Hachette, who earned her surname for the hatchet with which she helped to repel the Burgundians, is commemorated in a yearly celebration
SIGHTS AND ATTRACTIONS
- Cathedral of St Pierre, in some respects the most daring achievement of Gothic architecture, consists only of a transept and choir with apse and seven apse-chapels. The vaulting in the interior exceeds 150 ft. in height
- Place Jeanne-Hachette
- The Caroligian Church
- Town Hall
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