Gréoux-les-Bains

Gréoux -les- Bains is a commune and a spa in the Alpes -de -Haute -Provence, Provence- Alpes- Côte d' Azur, with 2581 inhabitants (as of 1 January 2011).

Geography

Gréoux -les- Bains is located in the southwest of the department of Alpes- de -Haute -Provence on the banks of the Verdon. At the place of Verdon for " Barrage de Gréoux " is jammed. The municipality is part of the Regional Natural Park of Verdon.

Economy and Tourism

The known since Celtic times hot springs (42 ° C with magnesium and trace elements ) can be used since the 1960s again intensively so that Gréoux -les- Bains is visited during the spa season from March to November of up to 30,000 guests.

The Templars Castle dominates the village. But you never belonged to the Knights Templar, but some time the Order of Malta. The classified as a monument historique ruin since the early 1980s, owned by the municipality.

Twinning

Since 1985, there with Bad Krozingen in Baden- Württemberg, a town twinning.