The rest of the year, though, the town is quiet and well-suited for travellers wishing to enjoy a peaceful day away from noisy city life.

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Fitting then, that the quiet town is the home of a silent behemoth of a company, Great Lakes Cheese.

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Today, it is blissfully quiet - though back in town, on the elegant Rue St-Louis, there is a cannonball still wedged in the roots of a tree that is said to date from that battle.

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In the southern Japanese town of Yatsushiro, not far from the East China Sea, Chikashi Matsunaga is helping lead a quiet revolution in Japan's agriculture.

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Dorset Council contractor SSE Contracting is now changing the light sensor on each light to a timed version in the town's quiet roads.

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That plot of land, which now houses 167 modest cottages, is at the center of a legal battle that has roiled the usually quiet, historic town of Ipswich.

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Every available spot of land is taken by a tent, and the usually quiet single road in and out of town can be backed up for hours before, during and after the holiday.

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The club is comprised of 10 Georgian town houses that span an entire block of Shepherd Market, a beautiful and quiet quarter in the middle of Mayfair.

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