Bourbon-l'Archambault

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{{Infobox French commune

|name = Bourbon-l'Archambault

|commune status = Commune

|image = BOURBON-L'ARCHAMBAULT - CHÂTEAU -2.JPG

|caption = The chateau in Bourbon-l'Archambault

|image coat of arms = Blason de la ville de Bourbon-l'Archambault (03).svg

|arrondissement = Moulins

|canton = Bourbon-l'Archambault

|INSEE = 03036

|postal code = 03160

|mayor = Ludovic Chaput{{cite web |last1=Simonnot |first1=Éva |title=Bourbon l'Archambault a élu son nouveau maire |trans-title=Bourbon l'Archambault elected its new mayor |url=https://www.lasemainedelallier.fr/2021/07/29/bourbon-larchambault-a-elu-son-nouveau-maire/ |work=La Semaine de l'Allier |language=French |date=29 July 2021}}{{cite web|title=Répertoire national des élus: les maires|url=https://www.data.gouv.fr/fr/datasets/r/2876a346-d50c-4911-934e-19ee07b0e503|publisher=data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises|date=13 September 2022|language=fr}}

|term = 2021–2026

|intercommunality = Bocage Bourbonnais (seat)

|coordinates = {{coord|46.5842|3.0572|format=dms|display=inline,title}}

|elevation m = 260

|elevation min m = 215

|elevation max m = 321

|area km2 = 54.84

|population = {{France metadata Wikidata|population_total}}

|population date = {{France metadata Wikidata|population_as_of}}

|population footnotes = {{France metadata Wikidata|population_footnotes}}

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Bourbon-l'Archambault ({{IPA|fr|buʁbɔ̃ laʁʃɑ̃bo}}) is a spa town and a commune in the Allier department in Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region in central France. It is the place of origin of the House of Bourbon.

Population

{{Historical populations

|1968|2607

|1975|2598

|1982|2550

|1990|2630

|1999|2564

| 2007|2604

| 2012|2561

| 2017|2559

| source = INSEE[https://www.insee.fr/fr/statistiques/4515315?geo=COM-03036#ancre-POP_T1 Population en historique depuis 1968], INSEE

| percentages = pagr

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Personalities

In 1681, Louise Marie Anne de Bourbon, Mademoiselle de Tours - the third daughter of Louis XIV and his mistress Françoise-Athénaïs de Rochechouart de Mortemart, marquise de Montespan - died there at the age of six.{{sfn|Gouhot|1988|p=32}} On 27 May 1707, Madame de Montespan herself also died at the chateau.

The town was Charles Maurice de Talleyrand-Périgord's favorite vacation spot.{{cite book | author=Bernard, J.F. | title=Talleyrand: A Biography | publisher=Putnam | location=New York | year=1973 | isbn=0-399-11022-4 | url=https://archive.org/details/talleyrand00jack|pages=467–468}}

In 1915, mathematician André Lichnerowicz was born here (died 1998).

See also

References

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Sources

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  • {{cite book |title=Bourbon-l'Archambault: Station thermale du rhumatisme |first=Pierre |last=Gouhot |language=fr |publisher=Expansion scientifique française |year=1988 }}
  • {{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/magazine-30539196|title=The link between bourbon biscuits and bourbon whiskey|first=Hugh|last=Schofield|work=BBC News|date=26 December 2014}}

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