a city of France, the capital of the county of Armagnac, now the department of Gers, and the metropolis of all Gascony. The archbishop formerly assumed the title of primate of Aquitain. It lies on the summit and declivity of a very steep hill, which is surrounded by other hills that rise at a small distance; and through the vale below runs a rivulet, called the Ger. The inhabitants amount to 8800; the buildings are modern and elegant; the streets, though in general narrow, yet are clean and well paved. In the centre of the city stands the cathedral, which is one of the most magnificent in France, both as to its construction and the internal decorations. The painted windows are only inferior to those of Gouda in Holland. The chapels are of equal beauty, and ornamented at a prodigious expense. The revenues of the see of Auch amounted formerly to three hundred thousand livres per annum. It contains manufactures of serge and the coarse woollens called barat; there are also tanneries, and the environs are noted for producing the excellent pear called bon chretien.