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Originally appearing in Volume V04, Page 329 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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BOURBON L'ARCHAMBAULT, a See also:

town of central See also:France in the See also:department of See also:Allier, on the Burge, 16 m. W. of See also:Moulins by See also:rail. Pop. (1906) 2306. The town has thermal springs known in See also:Roman times, which are used in cases of See also:scrofula and See also:rheumatism. The bathing-See also:establishment is owned by the See also:state. A See also:church dating from the 12th See also:century, and ruins of a See also:castle of the See also:dukes of Bourbon (13th and 15th centuries), including a cylindrical keep, are of See also:interest. There are a military and a See also:civil See also:hospital in the town. See also:Stone is quarried in the vicinity. Bourbon (See also:Aquae Borvonis or Bormonis) was anciently the See also:capital of the Bourbonnais and gave its name to the See also:great Bourbon See also:family. The affix Archambault is the name of one of its See also:early lords. BOURBONNE-See also:LES-BAINS, a• town of eastern France, in the department of Haute-See also:Marne, 352 M. by rail E.N.E. of See also:Langres.

Pop. (1906) 3738. It is much frequented on See also:

account of its hot saline springs, which were known to the See also:Romans under the name Aquae Borvonis. The See also:heat of these springs varies from i ro° to 156° F. The See also:waters are used in cases of lymphatic affections, scrofula, rheumatism, wounds, &c. The See also:principal buildings are a church of the 12th century, the state bathing-establishment and the military hospital; there are also the remains of a castle. See also:Timber-sawing and See also:plaster manufacture are carried on in the town. In the neighbourhood are the buildings of the celebrated Cistercian See also:abbey of Morimond.

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