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madelburg_n 1120_o 36._o mastricht_n 5600_o 37._o munster_n 1240_o 38._o nurenburg_n 18240_o 39_o osenburg_n 2200_o 40._o osburg_n 8420_o 41._o oldenburg_n 620_o 42._o praag_n 18640_o 43._o passaw_n 560_o 44._o ratisbonne_n 6540_o 45._o strasbourg_n 8560_o 46._o spire_n 540_o 47._o stockholm_n 6480_o 48._o salsburg_n 12460_o 49._o uytrick_n 8240_o 50._o vienna_n 4520_o 51._o vean_n 340_o 52._o worm_n 1200_o 53._o westburg_n 2420_o total_a 314460_o city_n in_o france_n city_n house_n 1._o avignion_n 12400_o 2._o amiens_n 5200_o 3._o bullion_n 1400_o 4._o bomont_n 800_o 5._o bordeaux_n 8420_o 6._o calais_n 1324_o 7._o cain_n 2147_o 8._o chalons_n 1850_o 9_o diepe_a 1920_o 10._o lion_n 16840_o 11._o montrevil_n 820_o 12._o montpeiller_n 5240_o 13._o marselles_fw-fr 9100_o 14._o nantes_n 4420_o 15._o nismes_n 3120_o 16._o orleans_n 10200_o 17._o orange_n 354_o 18._o paris_n 72400_o 19_o rochel_n 4200_o 20._o rouen_n 11200_o 21._o tolouze_n 13200_o 22._o valence_n 458_o total_a 187013_o city_n in_o italy_n city_n house_n 1._o bolonia_n 12400_o 2._o florence_n 8520_o 3._o genova_n 17200_o 4._o luca_n 1650_o 5._o legorne_n 3560_o 6._o milan_n 18500_o 7._o naples_n 17840_o 8._o pisa_n 2290_o 9_o milan_n 8550_o 10._o rome_n 31200_o 11._o scena_fw-la 1820_o 12._o venice_n 24870_o 13._o veterba_fw-la 620_o 14._o valentia_n 1520_o total_a 155040_o city_n in_o savoy_n city_n house_n 1._o chambray_n 852_o 2._o salé_fw-fr 320_o 3._o turin_n 8540_o 4._o nice_n 500_o 5._o st._n john_n de_fw-fr lateran_n 420_o 6._o rheims_n 340_o 7._o moloy_n 270_o total_a 11242_o city_n in_o switzerland_n city_n house_n 1._o berne_z 4270_o 2._o bale_n 5120_o 3._o geneva_n 4540_o 4._o losana_n 2100_o 5._o solure_n 500_o 6._o zurick_n 6200_o 7._o morge_n 210_o 8._o vina_n 320_o 9_o st._n morris_n 300_o total_a 23560_o city_n in_o denmark_n city_n house_n 1._o copenhagen_n 8220_o 2._o elsenore_v total_a city_n in_o sweedland_n city_n house_n 1._o northoanen_n 600_o 2._o stockholme_n 7500_o 3._o 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