Bourbonne-les-Bains

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Coordinates: 47°54′59″N 4°38′10″E / 47.916342, 4.63623

Commune of Bourbonne-les-Bains
Location
Administration
Country	France
Region	Champagne-Ardenne
Department	Haute-Marne
Arrondissement	Langres
Canton	Bourbonne-les-Bains
Intercommunality	Communauté de communes de la région de Bourbonne-les-Bains
Mayor	André Noirot (2001-2008)
Statistics
Elevation	n. c.–n. c. (avg. 282 m)
Land area¹	64.93 km²
Population² (1999)	2,495
- Density	38.4/km² (1999)
Miscellaneous
INSEE/Postal code	52060/ 52400
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.
2 Population sans doubles comptes: residents of multiple communes (e.g. students and military personnel) only counted once.

Bourbonne-les-Bains is a spa town of eastern France, in the Champagne-Ardenne région, Haute-Marne département.

[edit] Spa

Bourbonne is a health resort due to hot springs. These thermal springs were known to the Gauls and to the Romans who built baths. The name probably derives from the Gallo-Roman deity Borvo.

Other dedications found at Bourbonne includes one to Maponos, who like Borvo was identified with Apollo.

Thermal water has been used in Bourbonne for 2,000 years. It is used for bones, rheumatism and E.N.T. More than 11,000 patients visit the spa each year.