Autumn
the season of the year which follows summer and precedes winter. Astronomically, it is considered to AUTUN AVALON extend from the autumnal equinox, the genus piper (pepper). It is a Sept. 23, in which the sun enters Libra, to the winter solstice, Dec. 22, in which he enters Capricorn. Popularly, it is believed to embrace the months of September, October, and November .
AUTUN (ō-tun'), a city of France, in the department of Saône -et-Loire, on the Arroux, 43 miles S. W. of Dijon, on the railroad to Nevers. It is picturesquely situated. The Church of St. Martin, built by Queen Brunehaut, and containing her tomb, furnishes a variety of architectural styles. Autun is one of the most ancient French cities, and was made a Roman colony by Augustus, from whom It derived its old name of Augustodunum. It still presents many fine Roman remains. Talleyrand was Bishop of Autun at the commencement of the French Revolution; another bishop was Abbé Roquette, whom Molière immortalized. Pop. about 16,000 .
AUVERGNE (ō-vārn), a former province of central France, now merged into the departments of Cantal and Puy-de- Dôme, and an arrondissement of Haute- Loire. The Auvergne Mountains , separating the basins of the Allier, Cher, and Creuse from those of the Lot and Dordogne, contain the highest points of central France: Mt. Dore, 6,188 feet; Cantal, 6,093 feet; and Puy-de-Dôme , 4,806 feet.