Bolbec, a busy town in the French department of Seine-Inférieure, 19 miles ENE. of Havre by rail. A stream of the same name supplies water-power for several mills, where woollens, linen, cotton, and chemicals are manufactured. Pop. (1872) 10,009; (1891) 11,125.
Bolbec
Chambers's Encyclopaedia, Volume 2: Beaugency to Cataract, p. 275–276
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