Luxeuil-les-Bains

Luxeuil-les-Bains
Luxeuil-les-Bains
Location within Bourgogne-Franche-Comté region  Luxeuil-les-Bains
Coordinates: 47°49′01″N 6°22′53″E / 47.8169°N 6.3814°E / 47.8169; 6.3814Coordinates: 47°49′01″N 6°22′53″E / 47.8169°N 6.3814°E / 47.8169; 6.3814
Country	France
Region	Bourgogne-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)
Time zone	CET (UTC+1)
• Summer (DST)	CEST (UTC+2)
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. 2Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once.

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

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

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.