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 | | Epinal therefore is a fortress of the greatest possible importance to the,defence of France, and its works, all built since 1870, are formidable permanent fortifications. |
 | | Epinal is the seat of a prefect and of a court of assizes and has tribunals of first instance and of commerce, a board of tradearbitrators, a chamber of commerce, training-colleges, a communal college and industrial school, and exchange and a branch of the Bank of France. |
 | | Epinal originated towards the, end of the roth century with the founding of a monastery by Theodoric (Dietrich) I., bishop of Metz, whose successors ruled the town till 1444, when its inhabitants placed themselves under the protection of King Charles VII. |
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