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Encyclopedia Britannica



BOURBON

This article appears in Volume V04, Page 329 of the Encyclopedia Britannica.

Encyclopedia Britannica - Main :: BOS-BRI
BOURBON L'ARCHAMBAULT, a town of central France in the department of
Allier
 , on the Burge, 16 m. W. of Moulins by rail. Pop. (1906) 2306. The town has thermal springs known in Roman times, which are used in cases of scrofula and rheumatism. The bathing-
establishment
  is owned by the state. A church dating from the 12th century, and ruins of a castle of the dukes of Bourbon (13th and 15th centuries), including a cylindrical keep, are of
interest
 . There are a military and a civil
hospital
 
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in the town. Stone is quarried in the vicinity. Bourbon (
Aquae
  Borvonis or Bormonis) was anciently the
capital
  of the Bourbonnais and gave its name to the
great
  Bourbon family. The affix Archambault is the name of one of its early lords.
BOURBONNE-LES-BAINS, a town of eastern France, in the department of Haute-Marne, 352 M. by rail E.N.E. of Langres. Pop. (1906) 3738. It is much frequented on account of its hot saline springs, which were known to the Romans under the name
Aquae
  Borvonis. The heat of these springs varies from i ro to 156 F. The waters are used in cases of lymphatic affections, scrofula, rheumatism, wounds, &c. The
principal
  buildings are a church of the 12th century, the state bathing-
establishment
  and the military
hospital
 
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; there are also the remains of a castle. Timber-sawing and plaster manufacture are carried on in the town. In the neighbourhood are the buildings of the celebrated Cistercian abbey of Morimond.


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