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VALS (Vals-les-Bains)

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Originally appearing in Volume V27, Page 866 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.

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VALS (Vals-les-Bains)

VALS (Vals-See also:
LES
les-Bains) , a See also:

VILLAGE

village of See also:

south-western See also:

France, in the See also:

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

department of See also:

ARDECHE

Ardeche, 3 M. N.N.W. of See also:

AUBENAS

Aubenas, with which it communicates by See also:

TRAMWAY

tramway. Pop. (1906) See also:

TOWN

town, 2694; See also:

commune, 4352. Vals is situated on the Volane amongst volcanic mountains. It is celebrated for its numerous See also:

COLD (in O. Eng. cald and ceald, a word coming ultimately from a root cognate with the Lat. gelu, gelidus, and common in the Teutonic languages, which usually have two distinct forms for the substantive and the adjective, cf. Ger. Kolte, kalt, Dutch koude

cold See also:

MINERAL

mineral springs impregnated in most cases with bicarbonate of soda. They are used chiefly for drinking but also as See also:

BATHS

baths, and are efficacious in maladies of the digestion, See also:

LIVER (O. Eng. lifer; cf. cognate forms, Dutch lever, Ger. Leber, Swed. lefver, &c.; the O. H. Ger. forms are libara, lipora, &c.; the Teut. word has been connected with Gr. i'prap and Lat. jecur)

liver and kidneys, and for See also:

GRAVEL, or PEBBLE BEDS

gravel and See also:

GOUT

gout. Seven or eight million bottles annually are exported. See also:

Wood-turning and See also:

SILK

silk-milling are carried on.

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