Bourbon-l'Archambault

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The chateau in Bourbon-l'Archambault

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Bourbon

Coordinates: 46°35′03″N 3°03′26″E / 46.5842°N 3.0572°E / 46.5842; 3.0572Coordinates: 46°35′03″N 3°03′26″E / 46.5842°N 3.0572°E / 46.5842; 3.0572
Country France
Region Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Department Allier
Arrondissement Moulins
Canton Bourbon-l'Archambault
Intercommunality Bocage Bourbonnais
Government
  Mayor (20142020) Yves Girardot
Area1 54.84 km2 (21.17 sq mi)
Population (2013)2 2,559
  Density 47/km2 (120/sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code 03036 / 03160
Elevation 215–321 m (705–1,053 ft)
(avg. 260 m or 850 ft)

1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

2 Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once.

Bourbon-l'Archambault is a spa town and a commune in the Allier department in Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region in central France. It is the place of origin of the House of Bourbon. In 1300, Louis Bourbon built this city when he was made Grand Chambrier of France.

Population

Historical population
YearPop.±%
19622,607    
19682,607+0.0%
19752,598−0.3%
19822,550−1.8%
19902,630+3.1%
19992,564−2.5%
20082,593+1.1%
20132,559−1.3%
Source: INSEE (1968–2013[1])

Personalities

In 1681, Louise Marie Anne de Bourbon, Mademoiselle de Tours, the third daughter of Louis XIV and his mistress Françoise-Athénaïs, marquise de Montespan died there at the age of seven.

Over three decades later, on 26 May 1707, Mme de Montespan also died in Bourbon-l'Archambault.

In 1915, mathematician André Lichnerowicz was born here (died 1998).

See also

References

  1. "2013 legal populations - Bourbon-l'Archambault". INSEE (in French). Retrieved 1 February 2016.

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