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Rambouillet |
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Rambouillet, town (1990 pop. 25,293), Yvelines dept., N France. It is a summer resort in the heart of a magnificent forest. Sheep are raised, and radio equipment and plastics are made. The nearby château (14th–18th cent.), set in a beautiful park, is the official summer residence of French presidents, and the vast forest is used for official hunting parties. A national farm there was established by Louis XVI. Rambouillet a town in N France, in the Yvelines department: site of the summer residence of French presidents. Pop.: 24 758 (1999) How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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| The other day at Rambouillet, whenever I had a hare at the end of my gun I would think of her cruel words and my eyes would run full of tears. "Your Rambouillet is in full conclave," he said, looking round at all the party; "the graces and the muses. That must be the comtesse; but, no, the comtesse is gone to Rambouillet for three days. |
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