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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 ...
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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]
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.
The fortunes of Royale seemed to be recovering at the turn of the 20th century, when a spring in the hills behind the town was found to contain enough sulphur to make it marketable as mineral water. Royale reinvented itself as a spa town , renamed itself "Royale-les-Eaux" and began exporting "Eau Royale", in a torpedo -shaped bottle.
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