Lamalou-les-Bains

Lamalou-les-Bains
Lamalou-les-Bains
Commune
	Saint-Pierre-de-Rhèdes church
	Coat of arms
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	Coordinates: 43°35′55″N 3°04′50″E / 43.5986°N 3.0806°ECoordinates: 43°35′55″N 3°04′50″E / 43.5986°N 3.0806°E
Country	France
Region	Occitanie
Department	Hérault
Arrondissement	Béziers
Canton	Clermont-l'Hérault
Government
• Mayor (2008–2014)	Marcel Roques (NC)
Area 1	6.18 km2 (2.39 sq mi)
Population (Jan. 2018)	2,508
• Density	410/km2 (1,100/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	34126 /34240
Elevation	175–458 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 (Languedocien: L’Amalon) is a commune in the Hérault département in the Occitanie region in southern France.

Map

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[]

Historical population
Year	Pop.	±%
1962	1,987	—
1968	2,029	+2.1%
1975	2,067	+1.9%
1982	2,202	+6.5%
1990	2,194	−0.4%
1999	2,156	−1.7%
2008	2,280	+5.8%

Its inhabitants are called Lamalousiens.

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.

References[]

^ "Populations légales 2018". INSEE. 28 December 2020.

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.