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1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km 2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. Aix-les-Bains ( US : / ˌ eɪ k s l eɪ ˈ b æ̃ , ˌ ɛ k s -/ , [ 3 ] French: [ɛks le bɛ̃] ⓘ ; Arpitan : Èx-los-Bens ; Latin : Aquae Gratianae ), known locally and simply as Aix , is a commune in the southeastern ...
1.3 South Africa. 2 In the Americas ... The list of spa towns lists national lists and various relevant spa towns around the world. In Africa ... Spa town; Seaside ...
The Cachat mineral waters SA (Société Anonyme des Eaux Minérales de Cachat) was created as an anonymous company in December 1859 by Parisian investors, selling Évian water, and in 1865 the small town changed its name to Évian-les-bains to promote its rise as a spa town. Three other springs joined the Cachat (Guillot, Bonnevie, Corporau).
Vichy is the French form of the Occitan name of the town, Vichèi, of uncertain etymology. Dauzat & al. have proposed that it derived from an unattested Latin name (Vippiacus) referencing the most important regional landowner (presumably a "Vippius") during the time of the Roman emperor Diocletian's administrative reorganizations and land surveys at the end of the 3rd century AD.
Évian-les-Bains (1 C, 8 P) Pages in category "Spa towns in France" The following 42 pages are in this category, out of 42 total.
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[1] [2] From the early 18th century to the 1930s, Western Europe experienced an increase in spa and bathing culture, leading to the construction of elaborate bath houses. [1] These would often include gardens, casinos, theatres, and villas surrounding the springs and the bath houses. [1] [3]