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Originally appearing in Volume V11, Page 913 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.

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GEX , a See also:

TOWN

town of eastern See also:

France, See also:

CHIEF (from Fr. chef, head, Lat. caput)

chief town of an See also:

ARRONDISSEMENT (from arrondir, to make round)

arrondissement in the See also:

DEPARTMENT (Fr. departement, from departir, to separate into parts)

department of See also:

AIN

Ain, 10 m. N.W. of See also:

Geneva and 3 M. from the Swiss frontier. Pop. (1906) town, 1385; See also:

commune, 2727. The town is beautifully situated 2000 ft. above See also:

sea-level at the See also:

BASE

base of the most easterly and highest See also:

CHAIN (through the O. Fr. citable, chcene, &c., from Lat. catena)

chain of the See also:

Jura. It is the seat of a subprefect and has a tribunal of first instance, and carries on considerable See also:

trade in See also:

WINE (Lat. vinum, Gr. oivos)

wine, See also:

CHEESE (Lat. caseus)

cheese and other provisions, chiefly with Geneva. It gives its name to the old Pays de Gex, situated between the See also:

ALPS

Alps and the Jura, which was at various times under the See also:

PROTECTION

protection of the Swiss, the Genevese and the See also:

COUNTS

counts of See also:

Savoy, until in 16or it came into the See also:

possession of France, retaining, however, until the Revolution its old See also:

INDEPENDENT

independent See also:

jurisdiction, with Gex as its chief town. The Pays de Gex is isolated by the Jura from the See also:

REST (O. Eng. rest, reste, bed, cognate with other Teutonic forms, e.g. Ger. Rast, Riiste, rest, and probably Gothic Rasta, league, i.e. resting or stopping place)

rest of See also:

French territory, and comes within the circumscription of the Swiss customs, certain restrictions being imposed on its products by the French customs.

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