BAZAS, town in the dept. of Gironde, France, 381m. S.S.E. of Bordeaux. It was the capital of the V asates, and the Romans made it one of the 12 cities of Novempopulana. It had a bishop at least from the 6th century to 179o, and was the chief town of the Bazadais region; it became capital of an arrondissement but lost this dignity in 1926. It has several historic remains and the town is in the white wine and cattle country. Pop. (1931) 2,273.