Bourbon-l'Archambault
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Bourbon-l'Archambault | |
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The chateau in Bourbon-l'Archambault | |
Coordinates: 46°35′03″N 3°03′26″E / 46.5842°N 3.0572°E | |
Country | France |
Region | Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes |
Department | Allier |
Arrondissement | Moulins |
Canton | Bourbon-l'Archambault |
Intercommunality | Bocage Bourbonnais (seat) |
Government | |
• Mayor (2021–2026) | Ludovic Chaput[1][2] |
Area 1 | 54.84 km2 (21.17 sq mi) |
Population (2021)[3] | 2,554 |
• Density | 47/km2 (120/sq mi) |
Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
INSEE/Postal code | 03036 /03160 |
Elevation | 215–321 m (705–1,053 ft) (avg. 260 m or 850 ft) |
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. |
Bourbon-l'Archambault (French pronunciation: [buʁbɔ̃ laʁʃɑ̃bo]) is a spa town and a commune in the Allier department in Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region in central France. It is the place of origin of the House of Bourbon.
Population
[edit]Year | Pop. | ±% p.a. |
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1968 | 2,607 | — |
1975 | 2,598 | −0.05% |
1982 | 2,550 | −0.27% |
1990 | 2,630 | +0.39% |
1999 | 2,564 | −0.28% |
2007 | 2,604 | +0.19% |
2012 | 2,561 | −0.33% |
2017 | 2,559 | −0.02% |
Source: INSEE[4] |
Personalities
[edit]In 1681, Louise Marie Anne de Bourbon, Mademoiselle de Tours - the third daughter of Louis XIV and his mistress Françoise-Athénaïs de Rochechouart de Mortemart, marquise de Montespan - died there at the age of six.[5] On 27 May 1707, Madame de Montespan herself also died at the chateau.
The town was Charles Maurice de Talleyrand-Périgord's favorite vacation spot.[6]
In 1915, mathematician André Lichnerowicz was born here (died 1998).
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Simonnot, Éva (29 July 2021). "Bourbon l'Archambault a élu son nouveau maire" [Bourbon l'Archambault elected its new mayor]. La Semaine de l'Allier (in French).
- ^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires" (in French). data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 13 September 2022.
- ^ "Populations légales 2021" (in French). The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
- ^ Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE
- ^ Gouhot 1988, p. 32.
- ^ Bernard, J.F. (1973). Talleyrand: A Biography. New York: Putnam. pp. 467–468. ISBN 0-399-11022-4.
Sources
[edit]- Gouhot, Pierre (1988). Bourbon-l'Archambault: Station thermale du rhumatisme (in French). Expansion scientifique française.
- Schofield, Hugh (26 December 2014). "The link between bourbon biscuits and bourbon whiskey". BBC News.
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- Town hall website (in French)
- Tourist office website (in French)
- Romanesque art at Bourbon-l'Archambault
- Spa information (in French)