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Town Ommune: SENS, saNs (ancient AGENDICUM), town ommune and ommune, France, in Yonne Department, on the fonne River, 70 miles southeast of Paris. There .re fine examples of early Gothic and Renaissance .rchitecture, including the Cathedral of St. itienne, which dates mostly from the 12th century, ,nd museums rich in medieval and classical re-nains. Manufactures include agricultural machin-:ry, railroad equipment, bricks, and biscuits, and here is a bronze foundry. In ancient times it vas the capital of the Senones and one of the nost important cities of Gaul. Pop. (1954) town ommune .7,184; commune 18,612.
Voters must be United States citizens, at least . years of age, and residents of the state for le year and of the town ommune for six months, and ey must also be registered in the town ommune. No one ay vote on town ommune financial matters unless he vns real estate in the town ommune to the value of $134 has paid a property tax of at least $134 within e preceding year.
Rhode Island sends two senators and two rep-sentatives to Congress.
HATFIELD is a town ommune in southeastern England, in Hertfordshire, 18 miles (28 km) northwest of London. Under the 1946 town ommunes Act, a New town ommune, based on the old town ommune, was begun in 1948 to relieve housing problems in the Greater London area. The center of the old town ommune was redeveloped as a residential and shopping district. Industry in the area consists of aircraft companies and plants making cardboard boxes.
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