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'''Les Escaldes''' ({{IPA|ca|lez esˈkaldes}}) or '''Escaldes''' is an urban area in Escaldes-Engordany parish, Andorra. It is located near the nation's capital, Andorra la Vella.

==Overview== thumb|left|Caldea thermal spa and wellness resort The name ''Les Escaldes'' comes from the presence of numerous hot springs, which produce highly sulphurous and nitrogenous waters at temperatures between {{convert|22|and|66|°C}}.<ref name="encat">[http://www.enciclopedia.cat/fitxa_v2.jsp?NDCHEC=0024499&BATE=les%2520Escaldes Les Escaldes] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120303072752/http://www.enciclopedia.cat/fitxa_v2.jsp?NDCHEC=0024499&BATE=les%2520Escaldes |date=3 March 2012 }}, ''Enciclopèdia Catalana''. {{in lang|ca}}</ref> The hot springs were known by the Romans who used them for medical purposes.<ref name="encat"/>

There was a textile industry from the Middle Ages, producing woven fabrics and umbrellas in several guilds. The area is also known for its traditional dance, the Santa Anna.<ref name="encat"/>

In the 1800s some proposed establishing baths to take advantage of the natural hot springs, but there was resistance from the government of Les Escaldes, possibly for fear that visitors to the hot springs would bring diseases to Andorra.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Dalmau de Baquer |first1=D. Luis |title=Historia de la República de Andorra |date=1849 |location=Barcelona |page=52 |url=https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_7LTHX-HM1F4C |language=Spanish}}</ref>

Nowadays Les Escaldes is home to the spa resort Caldea.

==Education== {{expand section|date=May 2015}} The Spanish international primary school Escuela Española de Escaldes serves the community.<ref>"[http://www.educacion.gob.es/exterior/centros/escaldes/es/home/index.shtml Inicio] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150816145859/http://www.educacion.gob.es/exterior/centros/escaldes/es/home/index.shtml |date=2015-08-16 }}." Escuela Española de Escaldes. Retrieved on 2 May 2015. "FITER I ROSSELL, 18 AD700 – ESCALDES-ENGORDANY" – [http://www.mec.es/exterior/centros/escaldes/es/images/plano/plano.jpg Map]{{dead link|date=January 2018|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref>

==Climate== {{Weather box |location = Les Escaldes |metric first = yes |single line = yes |Jan record high C = 15 |Feb record high C = 17 |Mar record high C = 20 |Apr record high C = 25 |May record high C = 29 |Jun record high C = 36 |Jul record high C = 35 |Aug record high C = 33 |Sep record high C = 31 |Oct record high C = 27 |Nov record high C = 20 |Dec record high C = 13 |year record high C = 36 |Jan high C = 6 |Feb high C = 7 |Mar high C = 12 |Apr high C = 14 |May high C = 17 |Jun high C = 23 |Jul high C = 26 |Aug high C = 24 |Sep high C = 22 |Oct high C = 16 |Nov high C = 10 |Dec high C = 6 |year high C = 15.3 |Jan low C = -1 |Feb low C = -1 |Mar low C = 2 |Apr low C = 4 |May low C = 6 |Jun low C = 10 |Jul low C = 12 |Aug low C = 12 |Sep low C = 10 |Oct low C = 6 |Nov low C = 2 |Dec low C = -1 |year low C = 5.1 |Jan record low C = -13 |Feb record low C = -18 |Mar record low C = -9 |Apr record low C = -4 |May record low C = 0 |Jun record low C = 2 |Jul record low C = 5 |Aug record low C = 4 |Sep record low C = 2 |Oct record low C = -5 |Nov record low C = -5 |Dec record low C = -11 |year record low C = -18 |Jan precipitation mm = 34 |Feb precipitation mm = 37 |Mar precipitation mm = 46 |Apr precipitation mm = 63 |May precipitation mm = 105 |Jun precipitation mm = 69 |Jul precipitation mm = 65 |Aug precipitation mm = 98 |Sep precipitation mm = 81 |Oct precipitation mm = 73 |Nov precipitation mm = 68 |Dec precipitation mm = 69 |year precipitation mm = 808 |source 1 = BBC Weather <ref name="weather1">{{cite web | url =http://www.bbc.co.uk/weather/world/city_guides/results.shtml?tt=TT003330 | title =Average Conditions Les Escaldes, Andorra| accessdate =17 July 2010 | publisher =BBC Weather }}{{dead link|date=September 2025|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref> |date=August 2010 }}

==References== {{Reflist}} *{{GEOnet|-1395964}}

==External links== {{Commons category-inline|Escaldes-Engordany}}

{{Villages of Andorra}} {{Authority control}} {{Coord|42|30|N|1|32|E|display=title}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:Escaldes, Les}} Category:Populated places in Andorra Category:Escaldes–Engordany