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(48° 11’ N., 3° 16’ E.), town, Yonne, France; encircled by old walls; archiepiscopal see, has fine XII.-cent. Gothic cathedral and old archiepiscopal enc 8. was conquered c. 52 B.C. y Romans, who fortified it and built aqueducts, theatres, etc.; here Becket found refuge in 1164; taken by Germans in war of 1870-71; artificial manures. Pop. 13,700. i