Fourmies, a town in the French dep. of Nord, 12 miles SE. of Avesnes by rail, with mines, iron-works, and mills. There were great labour riots here in 1891. Pop. (1861) 3422; (1891) 13,649.
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Chambers's Encyclopaedia, Volume 4: Dionysius to Friction, p. 758
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