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See also:VALS (Vals-See also:les-Bains) , a See also:village of See also:south-western See also:France, in the See also:department of See also:Ardeche, 3 M . N.N.W. of See also:Aubenas, with which it communicates by See also:tramway . Pop . (1906) See also:town, 2694; See also:commune, 4352 . See also:Vals is situated on the Volane amongst volcanic mountains . It is celebrated for its numerous See also:cold See also:mineral springs impregnated in most cases with bicarbonate of soda . They are used chiefly for drinking but also as See also:baths, and are efficacious in maladies of the digestion, See also:liver and kidneys, and for See also:gravel and See also:gout . Seven or eight million bottles annually are exported . See also:Wood-turning and See also:silk-milling are carried on . |
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