Luxeuil-les-Bains

French commune
nomcommune=Luxeuil-les-Bains


x=211
y=104
lat_long=coord|47|49|01|N|6|22|53|E|region:FR_type:city
région=Franche-Comté
département=Haute-Saône
arrondissement=Lure
canton=Luxeuil-les-Bains
(chief town)
insee=70311
cp=70300
maire= Michel Gabillot (DVG)
mandat=2001-2008
intercomm=Communauté de communes du pays de Luxeuil
alt moy=294 m
alt mini=260 m
alt maxi=395 m
hectares=2,181
km²=21.81
sans=7,575
date-sans=2006
dens=385
date-dens=2006

Luxeuil-les-Bains is a town and commune of eastern France, in the Haute-Saône "département".

History

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 is 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.

Demographics

As of the census of 1999, the population was formatnum:8414.
The estimation for 2006 was formatnum:7575.

ee also

*Communes of the Haute-Saône department

External link and references

* [http://www.luxeuil.fr New tourist office website] (in French)
* [http://www.acom.fr/officeluxeuil/luxeuil.html Tourist office website] (in French)
* [http://www.france-voyage.com/visuals/photos/haute-saone/preview/luxeuil-les-bains-04.jpgPicture of Luxeuil-les-Bains Basilica]
* H Beaumont, "Etude hist. sur l'abbaye de Luxeuil", 890-1790 (Lux. 1895)
* Grandmongin and A Garnier, "Hist. de la mile et des thermes de Luxeuil" (Paris, 1866), with 16 plates.
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