Amélie-les-Bains-Palalda

French commune
nomcommune=Amélie-les-Bains-Palalda
région=Languedoc-Roussillon
département=Pyrénées-Orientales
arrondissement=Céret
canton=Arles-sur-Tech
insee=66003
cp=66110
maire=Alexandre Reynal
mandat=2001-2008
intercomm=
longitude=2.6725
latitude=42.4761111111
alt moy=240 m
alt mini=176
alt maxi=1424 m
hectares=2943
km²=29.43
sans=3475
date-sans=1999
dens=118
date-dens=1999

Amélie-les-Bains-Palalda (Catalan: "Els banys d'Arles") is a commune in the Pyrénées-Orientales department in southwestern France.

It is situated in the Tech valley, and combines the old and the new with a mix of narrow cobbled streets and modern accommodation. It has become a ’station verte’ meaning that it must strive at all times to ensure that tourists benefit from a calm and natural environment.

History

The town, formerly called Arles-les-Bains, was renamed Amélie-les-Bains after Queen Amelia wife of Louis Philippe. In Catalan it is still called "Els banys d'Arles".

Demographics

Démographie
1962= 3001
1968= 3662
1975= 3908
1982= 3713
1990= 3239
1999= 3475
2005= 3644
sansdoublescomptes= 1962

Geography

Amélie-les-Bains-Palalda is located at the junction of the Mondony with the Tech, 28f m. S.S.W. of Perpignan by rail. The town is situated at a height of 250M. and has both a winter and summer season.

In the winter season the average temperature is about 10 Degrees Celsius, and in the summer it is roughly 29 Degrees Celsius. Thunderstorms are not infrequent in the area, and the tell tale signs are small showers throughout the day.

prings

The town has numerous sulphur springs (20-60C.) used as baths by sufferers from rheumatism and maladies of the lungs. There are two bathing establishments, one of which preserves remains of Roman baths, and a large military thermal hospital.

External links

* [http://www.amelie-les-bains.com Tourist office website]

References

*1911