Amélie-les-Bains-Palalda

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Coordinates: 42°28′34″N 2°40′21″E / 42.4761111111, 2.6725

Commune of Amélie-les-Bains-Palalda
Location
Amélie-les-Bains-Palalda (France)
Amélie-les-Bains-Palalda
Administration
Country France
Region Languedoc-Roussillon
Department Pyrénées-Orientales
Arrondissement Céret
Canton Arles-sur-Tech
Mayor Alexandre Reynal
(2001-2008)
Statistics
Elevation 176 m–1,424 m
(avg. 240 m)
Land area¹ 29.43 km²
Population²
(1999)		 3,475
 - Density 118/km² (1999)
Miscellaneous
INSEE/Postal code 66003/ 66110
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.
2 Population sans doubles comptes: residents of multiple communes (e.g. students and military personnel) only counted once.
France

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. 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.

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[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.

[edit] Demographics

Change in Population
1962 1968 1975 1982 1990 1999 2005
3001 3662 3908 3713 3239 3475 3644
From the year 1962 on: population without double counting — residents of multiple communes (e.g. students and military personnel) only counted once.


[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 infrequent 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.

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