PLOMBIBRES
Online Encyclopedia
Originally appearing in Volume
V21,
Page 849
of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
PLOMBIBRES
, a town of eastern France, in the department of Vosges, on a branch line of the Eastern railway, 17 M
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S. of Epinal by road
.
Pop
.
(1906), 1882
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The town is situated at a height of 1410 ft. in a picturesque valley watered by the Augronne
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It is well known for its mineral springs, containing sodium sulphate and silicic acid, varying from 66° to 166° F
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Plombieres has a handsome modern See also: - CHURCH
- CHURCH (according to most authorities derived from the Gr. Kvpcaxov [&wµa], " the Lord's [house]," and common to many Teutonic, Slavonic and other languages under various forms—Scottish kirk, Ger. Kirche, Swed. kirka, Dan. kirke, Russ. tserkov, Buig. cerk
- CHURCH, FREDERICK EDWIN (1826-1900)
- CHURCH, GEORGE EARL (1835–1910)
- CHURCH, RICHARD WILLIAM (1815–189o)
- CHURCH, SIR RICHARD (1784–1873)
and a statue of the painter See also: - LOUIS
- LOUIS (804–876)
- LOUIS (893–911)
- LOUIS, JOSEPH DOMINIQUE, BARON (1755-1837)
- LOUIS, or LEWIS (from the Frankish Chlodowich, Chlodwig, Latinized as Chlodowius, Lodhuwicus, Lodhuvicus, whence-in the Strassburg oath of 842-0. Fr. Lodhuwigs, then Chlovis, Loys and later Louis, whence Span. Luiz and—through the Angevin kings—Hungarian
Frangais, born in the town in 1814
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The waters were utilized by the Romans and during the middle ages
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In later times Montaigne, Richelieu, Stanislas, duke of Lorraine and Voltaire were among the distinguished people who visited the place
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Napoleon III. built the most important of the bathing establishments and made other improvements
.
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