Rennes-les-Bains

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Rennes-les-Bains
Commune
The baths
Coat of arms
Location of Rennes-les-Bains
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Coordinates: 42°55′11″N 2°19′11″E / 42.9197°N 2.3197°E / 42.9197; 2.3197
Country	France
Region	Occitania
Department	Aude
Arrondissement	Limoux
Canton	La Haute-Vallée de l'Aude
Government
• Mayor (2023–2026)	Olivier Buscail[1]
Area 1	18.77 km2 (7.25 sq mi)
Population  (2021)[2]	210
• Density	11/km2 (29/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	11310 /11190
Elevation	254–822 m (833–2,697 ft) (avg. 310 m or 1,020 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Rennes-les-Bains (French pronunciation: [ʁɛn le bɛ̃] ^ⓘ; Occitan: Los Banhs de Rènnas) is a commune in the Aude department in southern France.

Bathers have enjoyed the natural hot spring waters for thousands of years - they are still used today as a cure for rheumatism and certain skin problems. Today, it is a modern thermal spa with the latest equipment. Due to a microbe found in the piping of the old baths they have been closed and a new hospital built which gets its water from another source. Due to its enormous popularity the 'Bains Forts', an old 'lavoir' where young people have bathed for the last 40 years, have been cemented in and closed indefinitely. This event has led some to rename Rennes-les-Bains, Rennes-sans-Bains.