Eszek. See ESSEK.
Étampes, a town in the French department of Seine-et-Oise, 35 miles SSW. of Paris by rail. An ancient place, with a street 4 miles long, it has a fragment of a royal castle, the 'Tour de Guinette' (circa 1160), three interesting churches, a statue of the naturalist Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, a medieval hôtel-de-ville, large flour-mills, market-gardens, &c. Pop. 8197.
Étang (Lat. stagnum) is the name given (Etangs salés) to large lagoons along the French coast, frequently salt, and generally communicating with the sea by channels. See BERRE.