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Evian-les-Bains[AvyAN´-lA-baN] Pronunciation Key or Evian, town (1993 est. pop. 7,027), Haute-Savoie dept., E France, on Lake Geneva. It is a fashionable spa at the foot of the Alps. Evian-les-Bains's mineral water is bottled and exported to all parts of the world. Liqueur and precision instruments are also produced. A cease-fire agreement between the French government and the provisional government of Algeria was signed at Evian in 1962.
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