Time zone CET (UTC+1) Population 1,906 (1999) Arrondissement Épinal | Canton Plombières-les-Bains Area 27.2 km² Local time Wednesday 3:38 AM | |
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Weather 3°C, Wind SE at 5 km/h, 95% Humidity Points of interest Casino De Plombières‑Les‑Bains, PARC MINIATURES Plombières‑les‑Bains, Parc Impérial | ||
Plombières-les-Bains is a commune in the Vosges department in Grand Est in eastern France. It is the capital of the Canton of Plombières-les-Bains.
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Map of 88370 Plombi%C3%A8res-les-Bains, France
Les bains refers to the hot springs in the area, whose properties were first discovered by the Romans. In succeeding centuries, its baths were visited by Montaigne, Voltaire, the Dukes of Guise, the Dukes of Lorraine, Beaumarchais, Napoleon Bonaparte, Joséphine de Beauharnais, Napoléon III, Berlioz, Lamartine and Alfred de Musset.
Treaty of Plombières
The "Pavilion of the Princes" at Plombières, was renamed following the meeting on 21 July 1858 between Napoleon III and Camillo Benso, conte di Cavour, who secretly negotiated the “Plombières Agreement” as they sat alone together in a small horse-drawn carriage slowly progressing round and round the town. This accord granted French aid to the cause of Piedmont-Sardinia against the Austrian Empire in return for the territories of Savoy and Nice, which thereafter became French.
Plombir ice cream
In Russia, the highest of the state standard quality categories of ice cream, containing at least 12% butterfat, is known as "plombir" (пломбир), a slight distortion of the pronunciation of "Plombières" in Russian. According to Dmitry Ushakov's Explanatory Dictionary of the Russian Language and Max Vasmer's authoritative "Etymological dictionary of the Russian language", plombir is named after Plombières, whose name has been associated with extravagant frozen desserts since the late eighteenth century.