Bourbon-l'Archambault
Bourbon-l'Archambault 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.
Bourbon | |
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 The chateau in Bourbon-l'Archambault | |
 Coat of arms | |
Location of Bourbon 
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  Bourbon  Bourbon | |
| Coordinates: 46°35′03″N 3°03′26″E | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes |
| Department | Allier |
| Arrondissement | Moulins |
| Canton | Bourbon-l'Archambault |
| Intercommunality | Bocage Bourbonnais |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2020–2026) | Jacky Belien[1] |
| Area 1 | 54.84 km2 (21.17 sq mi) |
| Population (2017-01-01)[2] | 2,559 |
| • 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. | |
Population
| 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[3] | ||
Personalities
In 1681, Louise Marie Anne de Bourbon, Mademoiselle de Tours - the third daughter of Louis XIV and his mistress Françoise-Athénaise, Madame de Montespan - died there at the age of six. On 26 May 1707, Madame de Montespan herself also died at the chateau.
The town was Charles Maurice de Talleyrand-Périgord's favorite vacation spot.[4]
In 1915, mathematician André Lichnerowicz was born here (died 1998).
References
- "Liste nominative des communes de l'Allier" [Nominative list of communes of Allier] (PDF) (in French). Association of Mayors and Presidents of Communities of Allier. 8 July 2020. Retrieved 6 December 2020.
- "Populations légales 2017". INSEE. Retrieved 6 January 2020.
- Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE
- Bernard, J.F. (1973). Talleyrand: A Biography. New York: Putnam. pp. 467–468. ISBN 0-399-11022-4.
- Schofield, Hugh (26 December 2014). "The link between bourbon biscuits and bourbon whiskey". BBC News.
External links
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Wikisource has the text of the 1911 Encyclopædia Britannica article Bourbon l'Archambault. |
- Tourist office website (in French)
- Non official website (in French)
- Romanesque art at Bourbon-l'Archambault
- Spa information (in French)
- National Specialty of the Bourbonnais pointer club in Bourbon-l'Archambault (in English and French)
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