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(Encyclopedia) Aurillac ôrēyäkˈ [key], town, capital of Cantal dept., S central France, in Auvergne, on the Jordanne River. An industrial, communications, and market center, it is no...

(Encyclopedia) Pleasanton, city (1990 pop. 50,553), Alameda co., W Calif., a suburb of the San Francisco–Oakland area, in a vineyard and dairy region; inc. 1894. Wine and cheese are produced, and there are publish...

(Encyclopedia) Cheddar, village, Somerset, SW England. It is chiefly a tourist center. Limestone is quarried, and strawberries are grown. Nearby Cheddar Gorge towers c.400 ft (120 m) high, with imposing limestone cl...

(Encyclopedia) Kirklareli kərklärˈĕlĕˌ [key], city (1990 pop. 43,017), capital of Kirklareli prov., NW Turkey. It is a transportation hub and a trade center for butter and cheese. During the First Balkan War t...

(Encyclopedia) Burgdorf bo͝orkˈdôrf [key], Fr. Berthoud, town (1990 est. pop. 15,373), NW Switzerland, on the Emme River. It is a textile-manufacturing and cheese-trading town. There is a 12th-century castle in w...

(Encyclopedia) Logan, city (1990 pop. 32,762), seat of Cache co., N Utah, on the Logan River; inc. 1859. It is the center of an irrigated dairy and farm area, with huge cheese plants, other food-processing facilitie...

(Encyclopedia) Colonsay kŏlˈənzā [key], island, 17 sq mi (44 sq km), Argyll and Bute, NW Scotland, one of the Inner Hebrides. Crofting and cheese making are the main occupations. Colonsay is separated from Orons...

(Encyclopedia) Aversa ävĕrˈsä [key], city, Campania, S Italy. It is an agricultural and transportation center, noted for its sparkling white wine. It also produces shoes, mozzarella ...

(Encyclopedia) Caerphilly kīrfĭlˈē, kär– [key], Welsh Caerffili, town and county borough, 108 sq mi (...

(Encyclopedia) Oka ōˈkə [key], village, S Que., Canada, on the north shore of the Lake of the Two Mountains (a widening of the Ottawa) and SW of Montreal. It is noted as the site of a Trappist monastery and farm ...