CONTREXEVILLE  , a watering-

place of north-eastern France, in the department of Vosges, on the Vair, 39 m . W. of Epinal by rail . Pop . (1906) 940 . The mineral springs of Contrexeville have been in local repute since a remote period, but became generally known only towards the end of the 18th century; and the modern reputation of the place as a health resort dates from 1864, when it began to be developed by a company, the Societe des Eaux de Contrexeville, and more particularly from about 1895 . In the ten years after this latter date many improvementswere made for the accommodation of visitors, foiwhom the season is from May to September . The waters of the Source Pavilion, which are used chiefly for drinking, have a temperature of 530 F. and are characterized chiefly by the presence of calcium sulphate . They are particularly efficacious in the treatment of gravel and kindred disorders, by the elimination of uric acid . See Thirty-five years at Contrexeville (1903), by Dr Debout d'Estrees .