Aix-les-Bains

Aix-les-Bains (Aquæ Gratianæ), a small town in the French department of Savoy, in a delightful valley near Lake Bourget, 8 miles N. of Chambéry. It was a much frequented bathing-place in the time of the Roman empire, and among its numerous remains of ancient times are the arch of Campanus, the ruins of a temple, and of a vapour-bath. The sulphurous hot springs, two in number, have a temperature of 109° and 113° F. They are used both for drinking and as baths, and attract annually 5000 visitors. Pop. 3689.