Beauce
Beauce
bōs [key], region, in Orléanais, N France, in the Paris Basin, between the Seine and Loir rivers. It now comprises Eure-et-Loir dept. and parts of Loiret and Loir-et-Cher. It is the
Little Beauce, between the Loir and Loire rivers, is also a rich wheat area;Vendômeis its center.
granary of France—a vast, limestone plateau where corn, wheat, beets, potatoes, barley, and oats are grown. The region shared the history of the countship ofChartres, which is its only important city.
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