EAU DE VIE: see BRANDY.
a watering-place of south-western France, in the department of Basses-Pyrenees, 31 m. S.E. of the small town of Laruns, the latter being 24 m. S. of Pau by rail. Pop. 453, commune 455. Eaux-Bonnes stands at a height of 2,460 ft. at the mouth of a fine gorge, at the confluence of two torrents, the Valentin and the Sourde. Its sulphurous and saline mineral waters (famous from the 14th century), are beneficial in affections of the throat and lungs. They vary between 5o° and 9o° in temperature, and are used for drinking and bathing. There are two thermal establishments, a casino and fine promenades.
The watering-place of LES EAUX-CHAUDES is 5 m. by road south-west of Eaux-Bonnes, in a wild gorge on the Gave d'Ossau. The springs are sulphurous, varying in temperature from 5 2 ° to 97°, and are used in cases of rheumatism, certain maladies of women, etc. There is fine mountain scenery in the neighbour hood of both places. The valley of Ossau, one of the most beauti ful in the Pyrenees, before the Revolution formed a community which, though dependent on Beam, had its own legal organization, manners and costumes.