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.
Population
Personalities In 1681, Louise Marie Anne de Bourbon, Mademoiselle de Tours - the third daughter of Louis XIV and his mistress Françoise-Athénaïs de Rochechouart de Mortemart, marquise de Montespan - died there at the age of six. On 27 May 1707, Madame de Montespan herself also died at the chateau.
The town was Charles Maurice de Talleyrand-Périgord's favorite vacation spot.
In 1915, mathematician André Lichnerowicz was born here (died 1998).
See also Communes of the Allier department Bourbonnais Borvo House of Bourbon
References
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External links
Town hall website (in French) Tourist office website (in French) Romanesque art at Bourbon-l'Archambault Spa information (in French)