The history of the village

A quick return back on the history of this wonderful village.

Camoins-les-Bains

In a field at the bottom fold of which winds the Campouriere Brook which descends to the Treille emerges a source called aigo dou good God.
Les Camoins-les-Bains district is about 1 km from the village of the Camoins.
Even if the virtue of its waters was known, it was used little.
It was only around 1811 that this source attracted the attention of the administrators of the Department. A decree of November 17, 1862 declared the establishment of the public utility Camoins.

At the entrance of the vault in which the owner had picked up the source, two marble plaques were affixed. One recalled the memory of Charles IV, King of Spain, which of his residence of Mazargues, just drink the sulphurous water.
On the other, the poet Gustave Benedit vanta in 1861 the benefits of the precious water that heals: the water of God.

In 1820, it used this water in Marseille hospitals for diseases of the skin. The sold in pharmacies at a price of 4 under the pot. It was distributed free of charge to the needy and to all those who were drinking on the premises.
Belonging to the class of cold calcium sulphide waters, it has a therapeutic effect for certain diseases such as rheumatism, rhinitis, the after-effects of trauma...
The Spa now offers baths, massages, jet showers and Spa.

Camoins baths