Bourbonne-the-Baths

Bourbonne-the-Baths is a common French, located in the department of the Haute-Marne and the area Champagne-Ardenne.

History

Bourbonne draws its name from the Gallic god Borvo, related as the goddess Damona to the source whose benefits already known and were thus used by the Gallic ones, within a religious framework. The Romans build thermal baths and many the Ex-voto found in Bourbonne testifies to the importance of the worship which was practiced there.

Baths are regularly quoted among the incomes of the lords of Bourbonne.

A large fire devastates Bourbonne on May 1st 1717, but the opening in 1735 of the royal Military hospital, then the construction of a hydropathic establishment starting from 1783 marks the beginning of the great period of hydrotherapy with Bourbonne, which was still supported by the arrival of the railroad at the end of the 19th century and by the construction of a new hydropathic establishment between 1977 and 1979.

to see the History of Jonvelle of the abbots Coudriet and Chatelet in 1864

Heraldic

Blazon of Bourbonne-the-Baths on the GeneaWiki site.

Economy

For 2000 years one has used thermal springs of Bourbonne and the Thermalisme is the main activity of the city: the hydropathic establishment accommodates approximately 11 000 curists per annum, from March to November.

As in addition Bourbonne has a local Hôpital (Gérontologie, functional Rééducation) the professions of health are very represented, with many Médecin S, Kinésithérapeute S, nurses, and three Pharmacie S.

2006 was marked by the opening of a casino in the commune. Located beside the Thermal baths, Places Baths, the casino is composed of two levels with a room of 60 machines with under, a gaming room of table (traditional Ball, them Black-Jack, a English Roulette…).

Bourbonne thus has a great capacity of lodging, with many Hôtel S, (and Restaurant S), Meublé S, Gîte S and two Camping S. the Country holidays develops in the area and Bourbonne proposes excursions varied within its undulating and timbered framework.

Bourbonne is also a local shopping mall with trade varied in the face and specialities: supermarkets, shops of clothing, household electricals, trade food.

the public services remain important there: in addition to the hospital, there are a gendarmerie and a Help center, a nursery school, a elementary school and a Collège, a médico-educational Institut, a Perception, a subdivision of the services of the Équipement.

industry is represented, with a manufacturing plant of windows, a workshop of settees, a sawmill, and many craftsmen of the building carry on their activity in the sector of Bourbonne.

Some farms practice especially the dairy breeding.

Administration

12/27/1972: the communes of Genrupt (52215) and Villars-Saint-Marcellin (52527) are attached to Bourbonne-the-Baths.

Demography

Cultural life

the museum includes/understands:

a part Archeology which contains many found old vestiges with Bourbonne: two Gallic heads carved out of wood, of the votive and funerary steles Roman, and of many Gallo-Roman objects.
a painting part, especially devoted to painters of whom resided at Bourbonne: Jules-Claude Ziegler, Rene François-Xavier Prinet, Clement Serveau and Georges Fréset.

the Media library, beside the museum, in the old dependences of the castle, was built recently: one finds funds there old remarkable (Encyclopédie, works of the forwarding of Bonaparte in Egypt), one can borrow books from it, music and plays, computers are there at the disposal of the public, and of animations for the children take place regularly.

Of many animations is proposed in the municipal building of the Pinnacle, as well as film projections, retransmissions of spectacle by video and the spectacles (songs).

Each spring, within the framework of the festival of theater of the Country of Langres Tinta' Mars, of the spectacles (theater, songs) for children and adults is proposed.

many (forty) associations take part in the life of the commune.

To see

the church Our-Lady-in-Assumption, whose beginning of construction dates from the 12th century, is of composite style.

Vestige of the Gallo-Roman thermal baths . Located in the park of the current hydropathic establishment, a curious monument gathers the rare still visible Gallo-Roman vestiges of architecture and provide the proof of installations thermal in these places since Auguste, and undoubtedly front.

the park of the Town hall (site of the old castle), dominating the valley of the Apance, offers a walk in the middle of trees centenaries. Small a garden with the Frenchwoman, solid masses of Mosaïculture S and large floral solid masses are also found there. One will be able to see also there the old commun runs of the medieval castle, rehabilitated today in Médiathèque and music school.

the carry-Gallon which makes it possible to reach it is a strengthened construction of the 16th century.

Arboretum of Montmorency, conceived like garden with English, which presents a botanical park with approximately 250 gasolines of trees different including 90 kinds of coniferous tree, 95 from leafy trees and a whole range of shrubs and shrubs. The space of the Arboretum of Montmorency is distributed according to the 5 continents.

the animalist park of Banished, on the road of Coiffy, proposes a course in contact with fauna and flora. Extended on 100 hectares of forest, the park shelters various animals within their natural framework: Hind S, Deer S, Stag S, Wild boar S, Peacock S, rabbits, goats, birds, ducks… Inside, a zone of walk of 30 hectares is arranged in the middle of the enclosures with benches, a surface of picnic and an adventure playground.

the church of Villars-Saint-Marcellin (XIe and 12th centuries), commune associated with Bourbonne the Baths since December 27th, 1972, whose tympanum of entry, chorus and Crypte were classified historic buildings at the request of Prosper Mérimée.

Celebrities

Maurice Constantin-Weyer (1881-1964), writer, Price Goncourt 1928
Careful Thieriot (1730-1786), factor of clarinets

Twinning

, to see

See too

Bourbonne

External bonds

Official site of the commune of Bourbonne-the-Baths
Official site of the Tourist office and the Hydrotherapy of Bourbonne-the-Baths
Site of the Thermal baths of Bourbonne-the-Baths
Bourbonne-the-Baths on the site of the national geographical Institute
Bourbonne-the-Baths on the site of INSEE
Bourbonne-the-Baths on the site of Quid
Localization of Bourbonne-the-Baths on a chart of France and communes bordering
Plane on Bourbonne-the-Baths on Mapquest
Site of the music school and the orchestra of harmony of the city

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