Brides-les-Bains

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Coordinates: 45°27′12″N 6°34′03″E / 45.4533333333, 6.5675

Administration
Commune of Brides-les-Bains
Location

Country	France
Region	Rhône-Alpes
Department	Savoie
Arrondissement	Albertville
Canton	Bozel
Mayor	Denise Shelley (2001–2008)
Statistics
Elevation	556 m–1040 m (avg. 580 m)
Land area^¹	2,63 km²
Population^² (1999)	593
- Density	225/km²
Miscellaneous
INSEE/Postal code	73057/ 73570
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.

Brides-les-Bains is a village in the Trois Vallées region of Savoie in France. Its population is around 600, and its main claim to fame is its role as an Olympic Village for the 1992 Winter Games.

It is a popular holiday destination for English tourists owing to its easy accessibility via Eurostar direct from London and its cable-car link direct to the ski slopes at Méribel, a major resort eight miles away.

Although Brides-les-Bains' main attraction to tourists is its convenience for Méribel, the village boasts a few attractions, including several health spas and a casino, and a few sites of historic or cultural interest, including the springs from which the town takes its name, a medieval church and a statue made out of piping entitled "La Manche de Chapeau."