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Cloud (ST a town of France)

ST., a town of France, in the department of Seine-et-Oise, a few miles from and S. W. of Paris. The historical associations of this place are intimately connected with the royalty of France. Its palace, which is very beautiful, was originally the property of the Dukes of Orleans, and, for a long period, was a summer residence of the kings of France. Its fountains are extremely elegant, and its park extensive. Here, in 1799, Napoleon I. dismissed the Assembly of Five Hundred, and caused himself CLOVIS I. to be proclaimed first consul; and here, in 1830, Charles X. put his signature to the ordinances which cost him his throne.