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CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Moulins (551 words) |
 | Moulins; and des Gallois de la Tour, who exercised in that city the functions of vicar-general to the Bishop of Autun, was appointed bishop, but had not been preconized when the Revolution broke out in 1789. |
 | Moulins in November, 1429, and from there wrote letters to all the important surrounding towns, asking for assistance. |
 | Diocese of Moulins counted 390,812 inhabitants, 31 parishes, 281 succursal parishes, 55 vicariates. |
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Moulins - LoveToKnow 1911 (439 words) |
 | MOULINS, a town of central France, capital of the department of Allier, 121 m. |
 | Moulins did not attain any importance till the,4th century, before which it consisted chiefly of some mills belonging to the dukes of Bourbon. |
 | Moulins became the residence of the dukes of Bourbon about the middle of the 14th century, and capital of the duchy towards the end of the 15th century. |