Thermal baths of Capvern

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N°

53101

updated: 08/11/2021

Thermal baths of Capvern

65130 Capvern

France

Contact the commission

Occitanie Film Commission / Ciné 32 : Gers, Haute-Garonne, Hautes-Pyrénées, Ariège

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Credits: Sarah Vallez

Credits: dominique laffitte

Caption: 04/05

Credits: dominique laffitte

Caption: 04/05

Credits: dominique laffitte

Caption: 04/05

Credits: dominique laffitte

Caption: 04/05

Location type

Categories

Leisure building Tourism district Hydropathic establishment Sea water therapy resort Thermal spa Thermal baths

Environment

Mountain,

Village,

City

General presentation

The thermal water of the Capvern-les-Bains resort gushes out from two springs located a few hundred meters from each other, the thermal water of Hount Caoute ("hot fountain "1) and the thermal water of Bouridé, two waters with exceptional virtues. The Hount Caoute spring has a flow of 480,000 liters per day and a temperature of 23.3°C at the griffon. The Bouridé spring has a daily flow of 120,000 liters and a temperature of 19.2°C. The main indications at present are: kidneys and urinary tract, metabolism and overweight, cholesterol and rheumatology. The first indication of Capvern remains the kidneys with excellent results in the elimination of kidney stones and the "cleaning" of the kidneys after a lithotripsy.

Location Condition Type

Well maintained

Location History

At first called Aquae Convenarum (Water of the Convens), the village took the name of "Capvern", which would mean "the green point". Another possible etymology: it would be Capus Vernus, Roman consul of the 1st century BC, who would have baptized it during the tracing of the Roman road. In 1270, the Plateau of Lannemezan is colonized by the lord Gérard d'Aure and the village of "Capbern" is founded.
The treatment of the gout of the Roman legionaries seems to have been the first indication of the station.
Montaigne came to Capvern for a cure in 1568. However, the development of the spa dates from the end of the 19th century, the heyday of Pyrenean thermalism.
Its first slogan, launched in 1875, is unstoppable: "If your bladder is threatened, Capvern will be the panacea"! The springs of Capvern-les-Bains have allowed to treat a great number of famous curists: Marshal de Lattre de Tassigny, Montgomery, Fernandel, Georges Brassens, André Dassary, Albert Ferrasse, Mady Mesplé, Françoise Rosay...

Construction period

XIXth Century

Remarkable architectural elements

Moat