a small but ancient town in the duchy of Savoy, with the title of a marquisate. It is seated on the lake Bourget, at the foot of a mountain, between Chambery, Annecy, and Rumilly. There is here a triumphal arch of the ancient Romans, but it is almost entirely ruined. The mineral waters bring a great number of strangers to this place. The place was originally called Aqua Gratianae, from the hot baths built there by the emperor Gratian. E. Long. 5. 48. N. Lat. 45. 40.

Aix, in Geography, an ancient city in the department of the Bouches du Rhone, formerly capital of Provence, in France. This city has an air of silence and gloom commonly characteristic of places destitute of commerce or industry. It is, however, well-built; and most like Paris of any place in the kingdom, as well for the largeness of the buildings as in respect of the politeness of the inhabitants. The population in 1817 was 27,000. It is embellished with abundance of fine fountains, and several beautiful squares. The Preachers square is on the side of a hill; it is about 160 yards in length, and is surrounded with trees, and houses built with stone three stories high. The town-hall is at one end of the city, and is distributed into several fine apartments, formerly occupied by the parliament and other public bodies. The hotel of the city is a handsome building, but hid by the houses of the narrow street in which it is placed. The cathedral church is a Gothic structure, with tombs of several earls of Provence, and some good pictures by French masters. The Corse, or Orbitelle, is a magnificent walk, above 300 yards long, formed by a triple avenue of elms, and two rows of regular and stately houses. Before the revolution, there was a great number of religious houses here. It has manufactures of velvet, and other silk stuffs, and some trade in oil, wine, brandy, wool, grain, silk, figs, raisins, &c. There are other churches and buildings which contain a great number of rarities. The baths without the city, which were discovered not long since, have good buildings, raised at a vast expence, for the accommodation of those who drink the waters. Although Aix was the first Roman settlement in Gaul, it is not remarkable for ancient remains. The warm springs, from which it is now known and frequented, induced Sextus Calvinius to found a colony here, to which he gave the name of Aqua Sextiae. The waters are clear and light, and without taste or smell. They were supposed to possess particular virtues in cases of debility; and several altars have been dug up sacred to Priapus, the inscriptions on which indicate their gratitude to that deity for his supposed succour and assistance. E. Long. 5. 32. N. Lat. 43. 32.

a small island on the coast of France, between the isle of Oleron and the continent. It is 12 miles north-west of Rochfort, and 11 south-south-west of Rochelle. W. Long. 1. 4. N. Lat. 46. 5.