Beauce, France

Coordinates: 48°12′N 1°42′E / 48.2°N 1.7°E / 48.2; 1.7
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Map of Beauce, 1639
Beauce

Beauce (French pronunciation: [bos] ⓘ) is a natural region in northern France, located between the rivers Seine and Loire. It now comprises the Eure-et-Loir département and parts of Loiret, Essonne and Loir-et-Cher.

The region shared the history of the

province of Orléanais and the county of Chartres
, which is its only major city. Beauce is one of France's most productive agricultural areas.

The name derives from

Gaulish word meaning "grass plain, cultivated plain."[1][2] It was formerly spelled La Beausse.[3]

It is the setting of Émile Zola's novel La Terre (The Earth). The region also gives its name to the Beauce region of Quebec.

References

  1. ISBN 9780300118223
    – via Google Books.
  2. ISBN 9781317517634
    – via Google Books.
  3. ^ Holme, Randle. The academy of armory, or, A storehouse of armory and blazon containing the several variety of created beings, and how born in coats of arms, both foreign and domestick : with the instruments used in all trades and sciences, together with their terms of art : also the etymologies, definitions, and historical observations on the same, explicated and explained according to our modern language : very usefel [sic] for all gentlemen, scholars, divines, and all such as desire any knowledge in arts and sciences. {{cite book}}: |work= ignored (help)

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