Luxeuil-les-Bains

"Luxeuil" redirects here. For the ancient script type, see Merovingian script § Luxeuil.
Luxeuil-les-Bains
Luxeuil-les-Bains

Coordinates: 47°49′01″N 6°22′53″E / 47.8169°N 6.3814°ECoordinates: 47°49′01″N 6°22′53″E / 47.8169°N 6.3814°E
Country France
Region Franche-Comté
Department Haute-Saône
Arrondissement Lure
Canton Luxeuil-les-Bains
Intercommunality Pays de Luxeuil
Government
 • Mayor (2008) Michel Raison
Area1 21.81 km2 (8.42 sq mi)
Population (2006)2 7,997
 • Density 370/km2 (950/sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code 70311 / 70300
Elevation 260–395 m (853–1,296 ft)
(avg. 294 m or 965 ft)

1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

2 Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once.

Luxeuil-les-Bains is a commune in the Haute-Saône department in the region of Franche-Comté in eastern France.

History

Luxeuil (sometimes rendered Luxeu in older texts) was the Roman Luxovium and contained many fine buildings at the time of its destruction by the Huns under Attila in 451. In 590, St Columban here founded the Abbey of Luxeuil, afterwards one of the most famous in Franche-Comté. In the 8th century, it was destroyed by the Saracens; afterwards rebuilt, monastery and town were devastated by the Normans, Magyars, and Muslims in the 9th century and pillaged on several occasions afterwards. The burning of the monastery and ravaging of the town are commonly used to illustrate the point that no place in Europe was safe during the invasions.

The abbey schools were celebrated in the Middle Ages and the abbots had great influence; but their power was curtailed by the emperor Charles V and the abbey was suppressed at the time of the French Revolution.

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