Plombières-les-Bains
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Location within Grand Est region
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| Coordinates: 47°58′02″N 6°27′50″E / 47.9672°N 6.4639°ECoordinates: 47°58′02″N 6°27′50″E / 47.9672°N 6.4639°E | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Grand Est |
| Department | Vosges |
| Arrondissement | Épinal |
| Canton | Plombières-les-Bains |
| Intercommunality | CC Porte des Vosges Méridionales |
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| • Mayor (2008–2014) | Frédéric Dubouis |
| Area1 | 27.2 km2 (10.5 sq mi) |
| Population (2006)2 | 2,004 |
| • Density | 74/km2 (190/sq mi) |
| Time zone | CET (UTC+1) |
| • Summer (DST) | CEST (UTC+2) |
| INSEE/Postal code | 88351 / 88370 |
| Elevation | 335–576 m (1,099–1,890 ft) |
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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. |
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1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.
Plombières-les-Bains is a commune in the Vosges department in Grand Est in eastern France. It is the capital of the Canton of Plombières-les-Bains.
Les bains refers to the hot springs in the area, whose properties were first discovered by the Romans. In succeeding centuries, its baths were visited by Montaigne, Voltaire, the Dukes of Guise, the Dukes of Lorraine, Beaumarchais, Napoleon Bonaparte, Joséphine de Beauharnais, Napoléon III, Berlioz, Lamartine and Alfred de Musset.
The "Pavilion of the Princes" at Plombières, was renamed following the meeting on 21 July 1858 between Napoleon III and Camillo Benso, conte di Cavour, who secretly negotiated the “Plombières Agreement” as they sat alone together in a small horse-drawn carriage slowly progressing round and round the town. This accord granted French aid to the cause of Piedmont-Sardinia against the Austrian Empire in return for the territories of Savoy and Nice, which thereafter became French.
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