Firminy, a town in the French department of Loire, 9 miles SW. of St Etienne by rail. Near it are rich coal-mines; and nails and other iron goods, ribbons, and buttons are manufactured in large quantities. Pop. (1872) 8873; (1891) 13,104.
Firminy
Chambers's Encyclopaedia, Volume 4: Dionysius to Friction, p. 642
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