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Vichy - Definition and Overview |
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Vichy is a spa and resort town in central France, near Clermont-Ferrand and was the capital of Vichy France from 1940 to 1944. It is a commune and a sous-préfecture of the Allier département. Population (1999): 78,000.
The Opera in Vichy. In this building, the parliament of the Third Republic decided to replace this republic with Vichy France (July 10, 1940.
Vichy shower
Vichy is also a kind of shower in which large quantities of warm water are delivered to a spa patron, sometimes with a Scott's firehose (a firehose that delivers alternating bursts of hot and cold water).
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