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CHAUDESAIGUES

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Originally appearing in Volume V06, Page 17 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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CHAUDESAIGUES  , a

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village of central
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France, in the
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department of
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Cantal, at the
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foot of the mountains of Aubrac, 19 M . S.S.W. of St
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Flour by road . Pop . (1906)
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town, 937;
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commune, 1558 . It is celebrated for its hot
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mineral springs, which vary in temperature from 135° to 177° Fahr., and at their maximum
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rank as the hottest in France . The
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water, which contains bicarbonate of soda, is employed not only medicinally (for
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rheumatism, &c.), but also for the washing of fleeces, the
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incubation of eggs, and various other economic purposes; and it furnishes a ready means of
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heating the houses of the town during
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winter . In the immediate neighbourhood is the
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cold chalybeate
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spring of Condamine . The warm springs were known to the
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Romans, and are mentioned by Sidonius
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Apollinaris .

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