Amélie-les-Bains-Palalda

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Administration
Commune of Amélie-les-Bains-Palalda
Location
Longitude	02°40'21" E
Latitude	42°28'34" N
Country	France
Region	Languedoc-Roussillon
Department	Pyrénées-Orientales
Arrondissement	Céret
Canton	Arles-sur-Tech
Mayor	Alexandre Reynal (2001-2008)
Statistics
Altitude	176 m–1,424 m (avg. 240 m)
Land area¹	29.43 km²
Population² (1999)	3,475
- Density (1999)	118/km²
Miscellaneous
INSEE/Postal code	66003/ 66110
¹ French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 mi² or 247 acres) and river estuaries.
² Population sans doubles comptes: single count of residents of multiple communes (e.g. students and military personnel).

Amélie-les-Bains-Palalda (Catalan: Els banys d'Arles) is a spa town and commune of the Pyrénées-Orientales département in southeastern France. Population (1999): 3,475.

1 History
2 Geography
3 Springs
4 External link
5 References

[edit] 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.

Historical population:

1906: 1,247

[edit] 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 infrewuent in the area, and the tell tale signs are small showers throughout the day.

[edit] Springs

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.