Ax, a town in the French department of Ariège, lies at the foot of the Pyrenees, at the junction of three picturesque valleys, 74 miles SSE. of Toulouse. Pop. 1300. It is celebrated for its baths, and possesses the hottest sulphur-springs in the Pyrenees, to the number of 80, ranging in temperature from 77° to 172° F.
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Chambers's Encyclopaedia, Volume 1: A to Beaufort, p. 615
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