Country France Arrondissement Lure Intercommunality Pays de Luxeuil Local time Wednesday 10:41 AM | Department Haute-Saône Canton Luxeuil-les-Bains Area 21.81 km² Number of airports 1 | |
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Region Bourgogne-Franche-Comté Weather 12°C, Wind N at 10 km/h, 72% Humidity | ||
Luxeuil-les-Bains is a commune in the Haute-Saône department in the region of Bourgogne-Franche-Comté in eastern France.
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Map of 70300 Luxeuil-les-Bains, France
History
Luxeuil (sometimes rendered Luxeu in older texts) was the Roman Luxovium and contained many fine buildings at the time of its destruction by the Huns under Attila in 451. In 590, St Columban here founded the Abbey of Luxeuil, afterwards one of the most famous in Franche-Comté. In the 8th century, it was destroyed by the Saracens; afterwards rebuilt, monastery and town were devastated by the Normans, Magyars, and Muslims in the 9th century and pillaged on several occasions afterwards. The burning of the monastery and ravaging of the town are commonly used to illustrate the point that no place in Europe was safe during the invasions.
The abbey schools were celebrated in the Middle Ages and the abbots had great influence; but their power was curtailed by the emperor Charles V and the abbey was suppressed at the time of the French Revolution.