Luxeuil-les-Bains
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| region | Bourgogne-Franche-Comté | |
| Department | Haute-Saône | |
| Arrondissement | Lure | |
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Luxeuil-les-Bains ( chef-lieu ) |
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| Community association | Pays de Luxeuil | |
| Coordinates | 47 ° 49 ' N , 6 ° 23' E | |
| height | 260-395 m | |
| surface | 21.81 km 2 | |
| Residents | 6,722 (January 1, 2017) | |
| Population density | 308 inhabitants / km 2 | |
| Post Code | 70300 | |
| INSEE code | 70311 | |
| Website | http://www.ville-luxeuil-les-bains.fr/ | |
 Mairie Luxeuil-lès-Bains |
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Luxeuil-les-Bains (the Luxovium of the Romans) is a town with 6,722 inhabitants (January 1, 2017) in the French department of Haute-Saône . It belongs to the Lure arrondissement , is the main town (chef-lieu) of the canton of Luxeuil-les-Bains and the seat of the Pays de Luxeuil municipal association .
geography
Luxeuil-les-Bains is located in the southwestern foothills of the Vosges , 35 kilometers northeast of Vesoul , 50 kilometers south of Épinal and 50 kilometers northwest of Belfort .
Neighboring municipalities of Luxeuil-les-Bains are Fougerolles-Saint-Valbert with Saint-Valbert in the north, Froideconche in the east, Saint-Sauveur in the south, Breuches in the south-west and Hautevelle and Fontaine-lès-Luxeuil in the north-west.
A few kilometers to the south is the Luxeuil-Saint Sauveur military airfield .
history
The Irish Scottish missionary Columban founded the later Abbey of Luxeuil at the end of the 6th century , which flourished in the 7th century. The cloister from the 15th century and other components from the 17th and 18th centuries are still preserved.
Culture and sights
The Saints Pierre et Paul basilica (parish church since 1840) has its origins in the 13th and 14th centuries; only one of its three towers remains, which was renovated in 1527. Inside the church are the baroque organ front from the 17th century, the pulpit from Notre-Dame in Paris from 1806, a sculpture of Christ lying on a stone table from the 16th century and the neo-Gothic reliquary of St. Columban worth seeing. The choir stalls date from the 16th century.
More than a dozen warm springs (43–63 ° C) already invited the Romans to take a bath . The oldest thermal bath in France was built here in the 18th century. The historic thermal building, which is now modern, is located in a park in the north of the city.
The Hôtel du Cardinal Jouffroy , which is a Renaissance house , was named after an abbot of Luxeuil, who later became Archbishop of Albi and Cardinal . At times it was inhabited by Madame de Sévigné , Augustin Thierry , Alphonse de Lamartine and André Theuriet . Opposite is the Musée de la Tour des Echevins (15th century), which shows Gallo-Roman finds and some paintings.
The Conservatoire de la dentelle cultivates knowledge of the lace craft that contributed to its prosperity.
Events
In April there is the gourmet fair “Foire Gourmand Festicaveur” , in July the music festival “Pluralies” is held at the same time until August as the “ dance tea ” and in September the “ Art on the street” (Art dans la rue).
Partnerships
Luxeuil has twinned cities with
- Bad Wurzach in Baden-Württemberg (Germany), since 1988
- Wallingford in Oxfordshire, UK, since 1979
- Salsomaggiore Terme in Emilia-Romagna (Italy), since 1961
- Hammam-Lif , health resort in Tunisia, since 1961
Web links
- Jean Courtieu: Luxeuil. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland .