Fourchambault, a town in the French department of Nièvre, 5 miles NNW. of Nevers, near the right bank of the Loire, which is here crossed by a suspension bridge. There are large iron-foundries, nail-works, and wire-works. Pop. 5949.
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Chambers's Encyclopaedia, Volume 4: Dionysius to Friction, p. 756
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