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From: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition | Date: 2008 | Copyright information

Gennevilliers , town (1990 pop. 45,052), Hauts-de-Seine dept., N central France, on the right bank of the Seine River. It is mainly an industrial community; aircraft equipment, electrical products, radio tubes, ball bearings, and automobiles are manufactured there.

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