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Millau (27), France (1015),
river (219),
view (186),
Aveyron,
Tarn.
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Inga
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Millau, town (pop. 22,500), Aveyron department of South France, on the Tarn River. The center of the French glove industry, the town also has tanning and dyeing industries. Near Millau the Tarn is crossed by the world's highest road bridge (1,125 ft/343 m high, 8,071 ft/2,460 m long), the cable-stayed, multispan, steel Millau Viaduct, designed by Lord Norman Foster and completed in 2004.
At the nearby village of Roquefort, the famous cheese is manufactured from sheep's milk.
Millau was a Huguenot stronghold in the 16th century. Points of interest include Gallo-Roman ruins, a 16th-century church, and a belfry (partly from the 11th cent.). |
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6 April 2008 |
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