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![[CNV Aix-les-Bains]](../images/f/fr-73~ax.gif)
by Ivan Sache
Aix-les-Bains is a thermal spa of ca. 25,000 inhabitants, located
on the Bourget Lake (4,500 ha).
Remains of the Roman thermae have been preserved. The city was then
named Aquae Gratianae (aqua, as water, gave its name to
several spas such as Aix-en-Provence,
Ax-les-Thermes and Aix-la Chapelle [Aachen]). In the XIXth century,
the thermal baths became one of the most famous in Europe and were
visited by the poet Lamartine, who wrote there his well-known poem
Le Lac (the Lake), Queen Victoria, King George III of Greece
etc. The modern thermal baths were inaugurated in 1864, enlarged in
1934 and fully renovated in 1972.
The Club Nautique Voile Aix-les-Bains has a blue burgee
with the French Tricolore in canton and a red lozenge charged with a
yellow star in the middle.
The French Tricolore in canton seems weird. Since the yacht club was
founded in 1882, I guess the French flag was added to the burgee
because Savoy had been only recently annexed to France (1865).
Source: CNVA website
Ivan Sache, 13 May 2001