Auxerre (Auxerre`) , an ancient city, capital of the dep. of Yonne, 90 m. SE. of Paris; has a fine cathedral in the Flamboyant style; drives a large trade in wine.
Population (circa 1900) given as 15,000.
Definition taken from The Nuttall Encyclopædia, edited by the Reverend James Wood (1907)
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