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ID: 7008616
Page Link:
http://vocab.getty.edu/page/tgn/7008616
Record Type:
administrative
Aix-les-Bains (inhabited place)
Coordinates:
Lat: 45 41 00 N
degrees minutes
Lat: 45.6834
decimal degrees
Long: 005 55 21 E
degrees minutes
Long: 5.9224
decimal degrees
Note:
Located on lake of Bourget; founded by Romans in 125 BC; has thrived as a popular resort & spa since Antiquity; noted as site of conference in 1955 between French & Moroccan nationalists that led to independence of Morocco.
Names:
Aix-les-Bains
(
preferred
,
C
,
V
)
Aquae Gratianae
(
H
,
V
)
............
Latin name
Hierarchical Position:
World
(facet)
....
Europe
(continent) (
P
)
........
France
(nation) (
P
)
............
Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
(region (administrative division)) (
P
)
................
Aix-les-Bains
(inhabited place) (
P
)
Place Types:
inhabited place (
preferred
,
C
)
............
was an ancient settlement
town (
C
)
spa center (
C
)
Sources and Contributors:
Aix-les-Bains..........
[
BHA
,
VP Preferred
]
..........................
NGA/NIMA database (2003-)
..........................
Times Atlas of the World (1994)
8
..........................
USBGN: Foreign Gazetteers
Aquae Gratianae..........
[
VP
]
.............................
Canby, Historic Places (1984)
I, 13
Subject:
.....
[
BHA
,
VP
]
..................
Canby, Historic Places (1984)
I, 13
..................
NGA/NIMA database (2003-)
-1406943
..................
Times Atlas of the World (1994)
8
..................
USBGN: Foreign Gazetteers
Note:
English
..........
[
VP
]
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