Poitiers

Poitiers, the capital of the dep. of Vienne, 61 m. SW. of Tours; has a number of interesting buildings, a university and large library; in its neighbourhood Clovis defeated Alaric II. in 507, Charles Martel the Moors in 732, and the Black Prince the troops of King John in 1356.

Population (circa 1900) given as 34,000.

Definition taken from The Nuttall Encyclopædia, edited by the Reverend James Wood (1907)