Mende, capital of the French department of Lozère, on the Lot, in a valley surrounded by high hills, 66 miles NW. of Nîmes, has a cathedral, and manufactures serges and coarse cloths. Pop. 6740.
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Chambers's Encyclopaedia, Volume 7: Maltebrun to Pearson, p. 132
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