Amélie-les-Bains-Palalda (Catalan: Els Banys i Palaldà) is a French commune with 3565 inhabitants (as of 1 January 2018). January 2021) in the Pyrénées-Orientales department in the Occitanie region. It belongs to the arrondissement of Céret and the canton of Le Canigou. The first thermal baths were built by the Romans in the municipality around the year 633; at that time the place was called Arulae. Since the Middle Ages, the name Els Banys (Les Bains) has been handed down because of the hot springs. The name Amélie les Bains was only given to the municipality on 7 November 1884. The medal was given on 1 April 1840 by King Louis-Philippe, at the suggestion of Boniface de Castellane, the military commander of Roussillon, who thus honoured Queen Amélie, the king's wife. The municipality i.
