Eaux-Bonnes (French: [o bɔn], "good waters"; Occitan: Aigas Bonas) is a commune in the Pyrénées-Atlantiques department in south-western France.
Eaux-Bonnes is close to the small town of Laruns. It is situated at a height of 2,460 feet (750 m) at the entrance of a fine gorge, overlooking the confluence of two rivers. The village's waters were first documented in the middle of the 14th century. The Eaux-Chaudes spa is 5 miles (8.0 km) south-west of Eaux-Bonnes, and there is fine mountain scenery in the neighbourhood of both places, the Pic de Ger near Eaux-Bonnes.[3]
The climate which characterizes the town is of "mountain climate", according to the typology of climates of France which then has eight major types of climates in metropolitan France.[4]
Gourette is a winter sports resort located in the commune on the high mountain pass Col d'Aubisque.
_-_Fonds_Ancely_-_B315556101_A_MALBOS_2_008.jpg/1280px-Eaux_Bonnes_(B%C3%A9arn)_-_Fonds_Ancely_-_B315556101_A_MALBOS_2_008.jpg)
The historian Auguste Lorieux (1796–1842) died in Eaux-Bonnes.
Nearby to the north-west on the Surcou road, is the impressive villa Cockade, the construction of which is detailed in Dornford Yates's novel The House That Berry Built.
