A commercial city and the capital of the county of Kent in the southeast of England, the United Kingdom. The name is interpreted as meaning "Maiden's Stone." Population 139,000 (1993). Located in the middle reaches of the Medway River, it is the center of a fertile agricultural region where grain and hops are traded, and there are also industries such as paper, brewing, printing, and agricultural machinery. There are remains of a Roman garrison, but in the Middle Ages it belonged to the Archbishop of Canterbury and was the site of the archbishop's residence until the Reformation. After the Flemish settlement in 1567, it prospered through wool and linen industries, but gradually the focus shifted to paper. Source: Heibonsha World Encyclopedia, 2nd Edition Information |
イギリス,イングランド南東部,ケント州中部にある商業都市で州都。地名は〈少女の石〉の意と解されている。人口13万9000(1993)。メドウェー川中流に位置し,肥沃な農業地帯の中心として穀物やホップが取引されるほか,製紙,醸造,印刷,農業機械などの工業もみられる。ローマ時代の駐屯地跡もあるが,中世にはカンタベリー大司教に属し,宗教改革までは大司教の居館があった。1567年のフランドル人定住以後は羊毛,麻工業で栄えたが,しだいに製紙業に重点が移った。
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