Lamalou-les-Bains

Commune in Occitania, France

(2020–2026) Guillaume Dalery^[1]Area6.18 km² (2.39 sq mi)Population2,454 • Density400/km² (1,000/sq mi)Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET) • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)INSEE/Postal codeElevation175–458 m (574–1,503 ft)
(avg. 600 m or 2,000 ft)¹ French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Lamalou-les-Bains (French pronunciation: [lamalu le bɛ̃]; Languedocien: L’Amalon) is a commune in the Hérault département in the Occitanie region in southern France.

Geography

Lamalou-les-Bains is located 53½ miles west of Montpellier in the Orb valley of the southern Cévennes. The village lies at an altitude of 200 metres and offers commanding views of the rivers, lakes and mountains situated in Haut Languedoc.

Population

Its inhabitants are called Lamalousiens in French.

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1968	2,029	—
1975	2,067	+0.27%
1982	2,202	+0.91%
1990	2,194	−0.05%
1999	2,156	−0.19%
2007	2,256	+0.57%
2012	2,663	+3.37%
2017	2,509	−1.18%
Source: INSEE[3]

Spa

The waters, which are both hot and cold, are used in cases of rheumatism, sciatica, locomotor ataxia and nervous maladies.

International relations

Lamalou-les-Bains is twinned with:

• Leutkirch im Allgäu, Germany
• Misasa, Japan
• Yaoundé, Cameroon

Festival

Lamalou-les-Bains hosts an annual Operetta Festival in the months of July and August.

See also

• Communes of the Hérault department

References

•  This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Lamalou-les-Bains". Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press.

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