Bourbonne-les-Bains

Bourbonne-les-Bains is a commune in the Haute-Marne department in north-eastern France in the region Grand Est. It is situated on the river Apance, 32 km north-east of Langres.

Spa

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. 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, former mayor of Lille from 1802 to 1816 and Pair de France, died à Bourbonne
Ernest Noirot, a French comic actor, born and died in the town
Paul Maistre, highly decorated general, buried in the town before being transferred at Les Invalides in Paris
René-Xavier Prinet, painter and illustrator, used to live in Bourbonne-les-Bains, died and is buried there with his spouse Jeanne, born Jaquemin, herself native from the town
Gabriel Guérin, painter, born in Bourbonne
Maurice Constantin-Weyer, writer, prix Goncourt 1928, was born and lived his first years in Bourbonne
Henri Sautot, born in Bourbonne, governor of New Caledonia and mayor of Nouméa from 1947 to 1953
Clément Serveau, painter, designer, engraver and illustrator, lived and is buried in this town
Georges Fréset, naturalist painter whose works are exhibited at the
Robert Gouby, 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.