Bourbonne-les-Bains

Bourbonne-les-Bains ({{#invoke:IPA|main}}) is a commune in the Haute-Marne department in north-eastern France in the region Grand Est.<ref>Commune de Bourbonne-les-Bains (52060), INSEE</ref> It is situated on the river Apance, 32 km north-east of Langres.

Population

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 Romans called the springs Aquae Borvonis.<ref name=EB1911>Template:Cite EB1911</ref> The name probably derives from the Gallo-Roman deity Borvo. More than 11,000 patients visit the spa each year.

Louis Marie Joseph de Brigode (1776-1827), former mayor of Lille from 1802 to 1816 and Pair de France, died à Bourbonne

Le Balcon, a painting by René-Xavier Prinet

Ernest Noirot (1851-1913), a French comic actor, born and died in the town
Paul Maistre (1858-1922), highly decorated general, buried in the town before being transferred at Les Invalides in Paris
René-Xavier Prinet (1861-1946), painter and illustrator, used to live in Bourbonne-les-Bains, died and is buried there with his spouse Jeanne (1865-1958), born Jaquemin, herself native from the town
Gabriel Guérin (1869-1916), painter, born in Bourbonne
Maurice Constantin-Weyer (1881-1964), writer, prix Goncourt 1928, was born and lived his first years in Bourbonne
Henri Sautot (1885-1963), born in Bourbonne, governor of New Caledonia and mayor of Nouméa from 1947 to 1953
Clément Serveau (1886-1972), painter, designer, engraver and illustrator, lived and is buried in this town
Georges Fréset (1894-1975), naturalist painter whose works are exhibited at the town museum
Robert Gouby (1919-1944), resistance fighter, Companion of the Liberation, spent part of his childhood in Bourbonne. His name was given to a road in the town, at the entrance to which there is also a commemorative stele.