Thermes de Saint-Galmier
- Location
- Saint-Galmier, France
- Water type
- bicarbonate
- Temperature
- 14 °C
- pH
- 6.8
Water profile
Stimulating — wakes the body and boosts circulation.
Loaded with major ions — the essential minerals (Ca, Mg).
Soft water — natural, classic buoyancy.
Thermes de Saint-Galmier is a thermal spa in the Loire hills of the Auvergne-Rhone-Alpes region, built above the same bicarbonated springs that feed the Badoit mineral water source, the oldest naturally sparkling water in continuous commercial production in France since 1778 and one of the most iconic bottles on the French dining table. The spring water carries natural carbonation and a distinctive mineral profile, and the thermal tradition of Saint-Galmier predates the commercial bottling by several centuries, with the spring appearing in monastic records from the medieval period. To drink the water directly from the source that fills every Badoit bottle sold across France and exported to restaurants around the world is a small pilgrimage for anyone who grew up reaching for the green bottle at a French table.