Troyes

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Troyes (trwä)

A city of northeast France on the Seine River east-southeast of Paris. A pre-Roman town, it was a prosperous commercial center in the Middle Ages and was noted for its annual fairs, which set standards of weights and measures for all of Europe. Population: 60,000.

Troyes (French) [trwa]

(Placename) an industrial city in NE France: became prosperous through its great fairs in the early Middle Ages. Pop.: 59 271 (1990)

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