Historical reference: Do not rely on this information. It is very old. About this collection
Bagneres-de-Bigorre, or en Bigorre (classic Aqua Convenarum- or Bigerrorum), a town on the river Adour in the department of Hautes Pyrenees, France, 13 miles S.E. of Tarbes. The mineral springs are numerous and of high repute for nervous affections and chronic catarrh. The fine woollen tissue known as barege is woven here.