Pons

a town of France, in the department of Lower Charente, famous in the time of the Huguenots. It has a mineral spring, and is seated on a hill, near the river Sevigne, 10 miles S, of Saintes. Lon. 0.30 W. Lat, 45, 36 N, Pows (St.), a town of France, in the department of Herault. It was a bishop’s see before the revolution, and is seated in a valley surrounded by mountains, in which are fine marble quarries. It is 24 miles N. of Narbonne, Lon. 2.47 E. Lat. 43. ¢9 N.