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Mendip is a local ___MASK93___ district of Somerset in England . The Mendip district covers a largely rural area of ranging from the Mendip Hills through on to the Somerset Levels . It has a population of approximately 112 , 500 . The administrative centre of the district is Shepton Mallet but the largest town ( three times larger than Shepton Mallet ) is Frome . Taunton is the ___MASK41___ of Somerset , England . The built up area of the town had a population of 64 , 621 in 2011 . The Alfa Romeo 158 / 159 , also known as the Alfetta (" Little Alfa " in Italian ), is one of the most successful ___MASK68___ cars ever produced . The 158 and its derivative , the 159 , took 47 wins from 54 Grands Prix entered . It was originally developed for the pre - World War II voiturette formula ( 1937 ) and has a 1 . 5 - litre straight - 8 supercharged engine . Following World War II , the car was eligible for the new Formula One introduced in 1947 . In the hands of drivers such as Nino Farina , Juan - Manuel Fangio and Luigi Fagioli , it dominated the first two seasons of the World Championship of Drivers . The Mendip Hills ( commonly called the Mendips ) is a ___MASK59___ of limestone hills to the south of Bristol and Bath in Somerset , ___MASK35___ . Running east to west between Weston - super - Mare and Frome , the hills ___MASK47___ the Somerset Levels to the south and the Chew Valley and other tributaries of the Avon to the north . The hills give their name to the local ___MASK93___ district of Mendip , which administers most of the area . The higher , western part of the hills , covering has been designated an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty ( AONB ), which gives it a level of protection comparable to a national park . Frome is a ___MASK16___ and civil ___MASK42___ in eastern Somerset , England . Located at the eastern end of the Mendip Hills , the ___MASK16___ is built on uneven high ground , and centres on the ___MASK87___ Frome . The ___MASK16___ is approximately south of Bath , east of the ___MASK41___ , Taunton and west of London . In the 2011 census , the population was given as 26 , 203 . The ___MASK16___ is in the Mendip district of Somerset and is part of the parliamentary constituency of Somerton and Frome . The Type 13 was the first real Bugatti car . ___MASK31___ of the Type 13 and later Types 15 , 17 , 22 , and 23 , began with the ___MASK80___ ' s founding in 1910 and lasted through 1920 with 435 examples produced . Most ___MASK55___ cars used an 8 - valve engine , though five Type 13 racers had 16 - valve heads , one of the first ever produced . The ___MASK55___ cars became known as " pur - sang " (" thoroughbred ") in keeping with Ettore Bugatti ' s feelings for his designs . Somerset is a ___MASK98___ in South West ___MASK35___ which borders Gloucestershire and Bristol to the north , Wiltshire to the east , Dorset to the south - east and Devon to the south - west . It is bounded to the north and west by the Severn Estuary and the Bristol Channel , its coastline facing southeastern Wales . Its traditional border with Gloucestershire is the ___MASK87___ Avon . Somerset ' s ___MASK41___ is Taunton . The Achilles was an English shaft drive voiturette manufactured by B Thompson & Co . in Frome , Somerset between 1903 and 1908 . A ___MASK59___ of cars were advertised , mostly with single - cylinder engines by Aster and De Dion . Other mechanical parts were also bought in , and it seems likely that only the bodies were originated by Achilles . At least 5 different models were produced including the 8 hp , 9 hp and 12 hp . This car is notably seen in the French comic book Achille Talon , created by Michel Regnier ( known by the pseudonym Greg ) , for the Pilote redaction . ___MASK100___ II ( often abbreviated to WWII or WW2 ), also known as the Second ___MASK100___ , was a global war that lasted from 1939 to 1945 , although related conflicts began earlier . It involved the vast majority of the world ' s nations  including all of the great powers  eventually forming two opposing ___MASK17___ alliances : the Allies and the Axis . It was the most widespread war in ___MASK66___ , and directly involved more than 100 million people from over 30 countries . In a state of " total war ", the major participants threw their entire economic , industrial , and scientific capabilities behind the war effort , erasing the distinction between civilian and ___MASK17___ resources . Marked by mass deaths of civilians , including the Holocaust ( in which approximately 11 million people were killed ) and the strategic bombing of industrial and population centres ( in which approximately one million were killed , and which included the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki ), it resulted in an estimated 50 million to 85 million fatalities . These made ___MASK100___ II the deadliest conflict in human ___MASK66___ . Léon Bollée ( ___MASK86___ April 1870  16 ___MASK19___ 1913 ) was a French ___MASK13___ and inventor . ___MASK100___ I ( WWI or WW1 ), also known as the First ___MASK100___ , or the Great War , was a global war originating in Europe that lasted from 28 July 1914 to 11 ___MASK14___ 1918 . More than 70 million ___MASK17___ personnel , including 60 million Europeans , were mobilised in one of the largest wars in ___MASK66___ . Over nine million combatants and seven million civilians died as a result of the war ( including the victims of a number of genocides ), a casualty rate exacerbated by the belligerents ' technological and industrial sophistication , and the tactical stalemate caused by gruelling trench warfare . It was one of the deadliest conflicts in ___MASK66___ , and paved the way for major political changes , including revolutions in many of the nations involved . A voiturette is a miniature ___MASK81___ . ___MASK66___ . " Voiturette " was first registered by Léon Bollée in 1895 to name his new motor tricycle . The term became so popular in the early years of the motor industry that it was used by many makers to describe their small cars . The word comes from the French word for " ___MASK81___ ", " voiture ". Between World War I and World War II light - weight racing cars with engines limited to 1500 cc such as the Alfa Romeo 158 / 159 Alfetta , the Bugatti Type 13 and the original ERAs were known as voiturettes . A ___MASK41___ is usually the location of administrative or judicial functions within the county , or it has been established over time as the " de facto " main town of a county . The concept of a ___MASK41___ eventually became detached from its original meaning of where the county administration or county hall is based . In fact , many county towns are no longer part of the administrative county . For example , Nottingham is administered by a unitary authority entirely separate from the rest of Nottinghamshire . Many county towns are classified as cities , but all are referred to as county towns regardless of whether city status is held or not .