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