Bourbon-l'Archambault
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Commune of Bourbon-l'Archambault |
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| Location | |
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| Administration | |
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| Country | France |
| Region | Auvergne |
| Department | Allier |
| Arrondissement | Moulins |
| Canton | Bourbon-l'Archambault |
| Intercommunality | Bocage Bourbonnais |
| Mayor | Jacky Belien (2001-2008) |
| Statistics | |
| Elevation | 215 m–321 m (avg. 260 m) |
| Land area¹ | 54,84 km² |
| Population² (1999) |
2564 |
| - Density | 46/km² |
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| INSEE/Postal code | 03036/ 03160 |
| 1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. | |
| 2 Population sans doubles comptes: residents of multiple communes (e.g. students and military personnel) only counted once. | |
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Bourbon-l'Archambault is a spa town and a commune in the Allier department in Auvergne in central France.
In 1681, Louise Marie Anne de Bourbon, Mademoiselle de Tours, the third daughter of Louis XIV and his mistress Françoise-Athénaïs, marquise de Montespan died there at the age of seven.
Over three decades later, on May 26, 1707, Mme de Montespan also died in Bourbon-l'Archambault.
[edit] External links
- Tourist office website (in French)
- Non official website (in French)
- Romanesque art at Bourbon-l'Archambault
- Spa information (in French)
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