in Geography, an ancient town of France, in the department of Landes, formerly Gascony, containing 3000 inhabitants. It is seated on the river Adour, on the declivity of a mountain, 155 leagues from Paris. W. Long. o. 12. N. Lat. 43. 42.

a strong town in the Netherlands, in the county of Artois, now the department of Pas de Calais, with a castle. It is seated on the river Lis, 22 miles south of Dunkirk, and communicates with St Omer's by a canal cut from the river Aa. E. Long. 2. 31. N. Lat. 50. 38.