Aubenas, a town of SE. France, in the department of Ardèche, 50 miles NNE. of Alais by rail. It is built on a height rising 688 feet above the river Ardèche, and has a fine old castle. The inhabitants are employed in coal and iron mining, tanning, paper-making, and silk-culture; and the town is a great silk emporium. Pop. 5671.
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Chambers's Encyclopaedia, Volume 1: A to Beaufort, p. 564
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