[en] The magnetic properties of CoBr₂.6H₂O and the anomalous effects upon deuteration have been studied. The experimental techniques employed are described and the high-temperature behaviour of the susceptibility analysed in terms of a crystal-field model combined with a high-temperature expansion for the exchange contribution. The high-temperature behaviour of the specific heat is studied and several kinds of experiments performed in the ordered state below Tsub(N). The XY plane anisotropy is deduced from antiferromagnetic resonance data and attention paid to the spatial dimensionality of the system. A comparison of parameters determined from experiments below and above Tsub(N) is made and the effects of deuteration discussed. (Auth.)