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Rambouillet town (1990 pop. 25,293), Yvelines dept., N France. It is a summer resort in the heart of a magnificent forest. Sheep are raised, and radio equipment and plastics are made. The nearby château (14th-18th cent.), set in a beautiful park, is the official summer residence of French presidents, and the vast forest is used for official hunting parties. A national farm there was established by Louis XVI.

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Rambouillet, Paris/France Derived from a personal name associated with the Germanic name Rambo with the Gaulish ialo ‘clearing’. The town, with its famous castle, is surrounded by forest. It gives its name to a breed of sheep.

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