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BARGES

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Originally appearing in Volume V03, Page 397 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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BARGES , a See also:

town of See also:south-western See also:France, in the See also:department of Hautes-See also: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 See also:altitude of 4040 ft., is hardly inhabited in the See also: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 See also:Maintenon and the See also:duke of See also:Maine, son of See also:Louis XIV. The See also:waters, which are used for drinking and in See also:baths, are efficacious in the treatment of wounds and ulcers and in cases of See also:scrofula, See also:gout, skin diseases, &c. There is a military See also:hospital, 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 See also:mountain excursions. The See also:light See also:silk and See also:wool fabric called barege takes its name from the See also:place, where it was first made.

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