Plombières-les-Bains
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Coordinates: 47°58′02″N 6°27′50″E / 47.96722222222°N 6.46388888888°E
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Commune of Plombières-les-Bains |
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  Plombières-les-Bains
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| Country | France |
| Region | Lorraine |
| Department | Vosges |
| Arrondissement | Épinal |
| Canton | Plombières-les-Bains |
| Intercommunality | Association of the Three Rivers communes since 1996 |
| Mayor | Frédéric Dubouis (1995 - 2001 - 2008 - 2014) |
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| Elevation | 335–576 m (1,100–1,890 ft) |
| Land area1 | 27.2 km2 (10.5 sq mi) |
| Population2 | 1,936 (2006) |
| - Density | 71 /km² (180 /sq mi) |
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| INSEE/Postal code | 88351/ 88370 |
| 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. | |
Plombières-les-Bains is a commune and "spa town" of France, situated in the French département of Vosges and in the region of Lorraine.
Les bains refers to the hot springs in the area, whose properties were first discovered by the Romans. In succeeding centuries, its baths were visited by Montaigne, Voltaire, the Dukes of Guise, the Dukes of Lorraine, Beaumarchais, Napoleon Bonaparte, Joséphine de Beauharnais, Napoléon III, Berlioz, Lamartine and Alfred de Musset.
[edit] Treaty of Plombières
The "Pavilion of the Princes" at Plombières, known in less interesting times as the administrative offices of the thermal station, achieved retrospective fame as the meeting place on July 12, 1858 between Napoleon III and the Camillo Benso, conte di Cavour, who secretly negotiated the “Treaty of Plombières.” This accord granted French aid to the cause of Piedmont-Sardinia against the Austrian Empire in return for the territories of Savoy and Nice, which thereafter became French territory.
[edit] Sources and further reading
- This article incorporates information from the equivalent article in the French Wikipedia, consulted during March 2009.
[edit] External links
- (French) Office du tourisme des Vosges méridionales
- (French) Mairie de Plombières-les-Bains
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- (French) Association "Le Marché de Noël"
- (French) Compagnie Thermale de Plombières-les-Bains
- (French) Plombières-les-Bains sur le site de l'Institut géographique national
- (French) Plombières-les-Bains sur le site de l'Insee
- (French) Plombières-les-Bains sur le site du Quid
- (French) Localisation de Plombières-les-Bains sur une carte de France et communes limitrophes
- (French) Plan de Plombières-les-Bains sur Mapquest
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