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Encyclopedia Britannica



BARGES

This article appears in Volume V03, Page 397 of the Encyclopedia Britannica.

Encyclopedia Britannica - Main :: BAI-BAR
BARGES , a town of
south
 -western France, in the department of Hautes-
Pyrenees
 , in the valley of the Bastan, 25 M. S.S.W. of Bagneres-de-Bigorre by road. The town, which is situated at an altitude of 4040 ft., is hardly inhabited in the winter. It is celebrated for its warm sulphurous springs (75 to 111 F.), which first became generally known in 1675 when they were visited by Madame de
Maintenon
  and the duke of
Maine
 , son of Louis XIV. The waters, which are used for drinking and in baths, are efficacious in the treatment of wounds and ulcers and in cases of scrofula, gout, skin diseases, &c. There is a military
hospital
 
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, founded in 1760. The town was formerly much exposed to avalanches and floods, which are now less frequent owing to the construction of embankments and replanting of the hillsides. It is a centre for
mountain
  excursions. The light
silk
  and wool fabric called barege takes its name from the place, where it was first made.


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