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St., a town of France, in the department of Seine-et-Oise, on the border of Paris. The historical a ociations of this place are intimately connected with the royalty of France. Its palace, which is very beautiful, was originally the property of the Dukes of Orleans, and was a summer residence of the Kings of France, Here, in 1799, Napoleon I, dismi ed the A embly ‘of Five Hundred, and caused himself to be proclaimed first consul; and in 1830, Charles X. put his signature to the ordinances which cost him his throne.