Vittel

VITTEL (Vittel), a resort in France, 380 km from Paris, in the Vosges. Altitude above sea level - 340 m. The climate is not entirely favorable: the weather is changeable, nights are cold. Treatment facilities: springs of weak mineralization, of the cold calcareous type (11-11.6°), with a content of 0.28 to 0.32 g CaCO₃, 0.60 to 1.42 g CaSO₄, and 0.06 to 0.23 g of free CO₂. The most important springs are Grande Source and Nérag. They are used internally and in the form of baths. Main indications: gout, diabetes, diseases of the liver, biliary tract, kidneys and urinary tract, dyspepsia. In the resort park there is a large bathing building, a hydrotherapy facility, physical therapy offices, X-ray, etc. Season from May 25 to September 25. Up to 12,000 visitors annually. The bottling and export of water reaches 8 million bottles per year.