Mettray, a village of France, 5 miles N. of Tours by rail, noted for its great agricultural and industrial Reformatory (q.v.), the parent of all such institutions. It dates from 1839, and in 1886 had 537 inmates.
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Chambers's Encyclopaedia, Volume 7: Maltebrun to Pearson, p. 164
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