Encyclopædia Britannica, Ninth Edition/Bagnères-de-Luchon

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1968930Encyclopædia Britannica, Ninth Edition — Bagnères-de-Luchon

BAGNÈRES-DE-LUCHON, a small well-built town of France, department of Haute-Garonne, pleasantly situated in the valley of the Luchon, at the foot of the Pyrenees. It is celebrated for its sulphurous thermal springs, which vary in temperature from 88 to 180 Fahr. The bath ing establishment is one of the most complete in Europe. The waters are employed with success in a variety of chronic affections, and about 10,000 patients visit the town annually. Resident population, about 3600.