Contrary to numerous thermal stations, Lamalou les bains does not have a Roman origin. His name comes simply from the stream crossing the city which was called Malou or Betoulet to become Bitoulet today.

This dale was recovering from the village today disappeared from Mourcairol which in 1845 had to burst in 2 very distinct villages: Les Aires on the Left Bank of th river Orb and Villecelle on the Right Bank but moved away enough from its edges.Lamalou was still at this instant there, at least administratively, a hamlet of Villecelle. It is in 1878 when Lamalou dispossessed Villecelle and became in his common tower.

The hot springs appeared following the percement of mining galleries in eleventh and twelth centuries. Tradition wants a peasant suffering from pain, to have a swim in the muddy pool formed by these waters and withdraw a significant sedation from it of its evil.

 In 1610, a document names that instead of the spring existed a home acting as baths on eighteenth century in front of  where could set up 10 - 12 swimmers on the locality Lamalou.

In seventeenth century, the lord of Poujol, Pons Marthe de Thézan buys the spring and the ground at the Gailhard family, does up the place and the monitoring the 1st thermal establishment there on 1709.

In 1743, in a letter addressed in Fagon, the prime minister of the king Louis XV, it is noted that the baths of Malou are pointed out for rheumatisms, sciatic nerves, aches.

After Revolution, in 1792, the Cère family purchases of the Thermal Establishment of Lamalou le bas, says the ancient. Two other thermals establishments are created : the Thermal Establishment of Lamalou le haut  in 1842 of Virginie Guibal du Rivage and the Thermal Establishment of Lamalou the Centre in 1868 of Jean baptist Joseph Bourgès, where are used some tempered waters.

From 1880, the Thermal Establishment of Lamalou le bas is composed of 10 swimming pools that can contain more than 170 persons, the Thermal Station is opened all year long and it is the place of predilection of famous men :  High Dignitaries: Alphonse XII, the Sultan of Morocco; servicemen: Field marshal Joffre; literary men: André Gide, Alexander Dumas, Alphonse Daudet, Doctors and Neurologists: Charcot, Privat …

In 1947, the City buys back the Thermal Establishment and La chaîne thermale du soleil  takes it back in 1986. The Caisse nationale  buys the Thermal Establishment of Lamalou le haut in 1954 and transform it into Rehabilitation centre for children: the Establishement Thermal of Lamalou le Centre is transformed into Rehabilitation centre for adults in 1957 and takes the name of Bourgès.

The city is transformed and becomes with the creation of rehabilitation centres one of the biggest stations of the rehabilitation in France :  in 1954, creation of  Pavillon du Professeur Leroy in the Local Thermal Centre become in 1981 the Paul Coste-Floret hospital complex and creation also in 1954 of the Centre Ster; in 1957 the Centre Hermitage; in 1965 the Centre de la petite paix.

At present, the rehabilitation and the spa occupy an important place in the life of the city to what are added tourism of full nature with the Massifs of Caroux and Espinouse and numerous facilities of free time.

Of recent creation, Lamalou les Bains therefore does not miss interest for the amateurs of the architecture of the 19th century. In effect, since the big hotels by way of thermal baths up to the theatre and up to the casino, all eclecticism of this period is represented there.