an ancient city of France, the chief place of the arrondissement of the same name, in the department of the Mouths of the Rhone. It was, before the revolution, fitted with richly endowed ecclesiastical establishments, which have been secularized. It stands on a plain surrounded by hills, which produce abundance of most excellent olives, which, with wine and fruits, form the most important branches of agricultural industry. There are manufactories of various rich silk goods, of some linen, and hardware. The ancient springs, known to the Romans, but disused till again discovered in 1704, are slightly warm, but their efficacy is not now highly valued. The population amounts to 21,960 persons. This city is celebrated for having given birth to two famous naturalists, Adanson and Tournefort, and to the painter Vanloo.

The arrondissement of the same name comprehends 864 square miles, or about 552,960 acres, and contains 10 cantons, 59 communes, and 92,314 inhabitants.

a town in the continental dominions of the king of Sardinia, in the duchy of Savoy, about 12 miles from Chambery, containing 2038 inhabitants.

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

a river of France, in the department of the Lower Akenside-Loire, which joins the Ysable, and falls into the Loire.