Balaruc-les-Bains
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region | Occitania | |
Department | Herault | |
Arrondissement | Montpellier | |
Canton | Frontignan | |
Community association | Bassin de Thau | |
Coordinates | 43 ° 27 ' N , 3 ° 41' E | |
height | 0-169 m | |
surface | 8.66 km 2 | |
Residents | 6,751 (January 1, 2017) | |
Population density | 780 inhabitants / km 2 | |
Post Code | 34540 | |
INSEE code | 34023 | |
Website | http://www.ville-balaruc-les-bains.com/ | |
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Balaruc-les-Bains is a French commune with 6,751 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2017) in the Hérault department in the Occitanie region in southern France . Balaruc-les-Bains belongs to the arrondissement of Montpellier and the canton of Frontignan . The inhabitants are called Balarucois .
geography
The municipality is located on the Étang de Thau , a lagoon lake on the Mediterranean. Balaruc-les-Bains is surrounded by the neighboring communities of Balaruc-le-Vieux in the north, Frontignan in the east and south and Bouzigues in the west.
history
The thermal baths (brine baths with temperatures between 34 and 40 degrees Celsius and a high proportion of calcium and magnesium) of Balaruc were already known in ancient times and were used by the Romans. In Roman antiquity, Balaruc was called Maimona (sometimes: Mannona ). In 1886 the former municipality of Balaruc was divided into today's municipalities of Balaruc-les-Bains and Balaruc-le-Vieux.
year | 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2006 | 2017 |
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Residents | 1,822 | 1,830 | 2,957 | 4,369 | 5.013 | 5,688 | 6.232 | 6,751 |
Attractions
- Notre-Dame-d'Aix church from the 12th century
- Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption church
- Aqueduct and ruins of the Neptune sanctuary
- Maison Peuple
- Antique garden
Personalities
- Joseph Michel Montgolfier (1740–1810), aviation pioneer, died in Balaruc
- Ernest Vaast (1922–2011), football player
Parish partnership
There is a partnership with the Italian municipality of Verdello in the province of Bergamo (Lombardy).
literature
- Guy Barruol: BALARUC-LES-BAINS Canton of Frontignan, Hérault, France . In: Richard Stillwell et al. a. (Ed.): The Princeton Encyclopedia of Classical Sites. Princeton University Press, Princeton NJ 1976, ISBN 0-691-03542-3 .