HAUSSMANN, GEORGES EUGENE

BARON (1809-91), Fr. administrator; as Préfet de la Seine 1853-69 greatly embellished Paris, by planning and opening new streets and boulevards. E.), S. W. department, France; area, 2,457 sq. miles; cro ed by Garonne produces timber, cereals, wine, fruit; chief town, Toulouse. Pop. 430,000, E.), department, central France; area, 1,930 sq. miles; surface mountainous; cro ed by Loire; coal, timber, cereals, lace; chief town, Le Puy. Pop. 300,000. E.), N. E. department, France; area, c. 2,420 sq. miles; surface slopes upwards from N. to S., where is plateau of Langres; cro ed by Marne; cereals, vegetables, wine, iron; chief town, E.), S.E. department, France; area, 2,178 sq. miles; drained by Durance; sheep raised; chief town, Gap. Pop. 100,000. E.), E. department, France; area, 2,074 sq. miles; cro ed by Sadne; nearly half surface under cultivation; produces cereals, cherries; iron, steel. and copper works, cotton manufacture; chief town, EK. department, France; area, 1,774 sq. miles, mountainous; beautiful scenery; produces wine; chief town, Annecy. Pop. 255,000. E.), department, 8.W. France; bounded S. by Spain, W. by Ba es-Pyrénées, N. by Gers, E. by Haute-Garonne. Chief towns, Tarbes, Lourdes, and Bagnéresde-Bigorre; principal rivers, Gave de Paw, Adour, and Neste. In N. are plains and hills, and in 8. Fr. Pyrenees. ing, fruit-growing, and wine-making carried on. Pop. 205,000. E.), central department, France; area, 2,119 sq. miles; cro ed by Vienne, Isle; produces fruits, cereals, porcelain; chief town, Limoges. Pop. 383,000.