Châtillon, a town in the French department of Côte d'Or, on the Seine, 49 miles NNW. of Dijon. A congress of allied sovereigns was held here in 1814, from February 5 to March 19, and opened fruitless negotiations with Napoléon respecting conditions of peace. Pop. 5120.
Châtillon
Chambers's Encyclopaedia, Volume 3: Catarrh to Dion, p. 134
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