Aguas Minerales de San Narciso SL

Aguas Minerales de San Narciso SL is a Spanish mineral-water company based in Caldes de Malavella, a historic spa town in the province of Girona, Catalonia. The firm bottles naturally carbonated mineral water drawn from the San Narciso and Imperial springs, which emerge at the heart of the town on the Puig de Sant Grau and are surrounded by Roman baths. The springs reach temperatures of up to 59°C (San Narciso) and 49°C (Imperial) and carry volcanic-origin gas emanations associated with the Puig de les Moleres fault. The waters have been recognised for their mineral-medicinal properties since 1928, a heritage the company highlights in its marketing. The business traces its origins to two separate 19th- and early 20th-century ventures. In 1870 the Pla i Deniel family received authorisation to bottle and commercialise water from their spring under the name Aigua San Narciso; Narcís Pla i Masgrau, a native of Caldes de Malavella who had settled in Barcelona, promoted the first bottling facility on the Avinguda dels Manantials. In 1916 the industrialist Pau Estapé obtained authorisation to bottle and sell Aigua Imperial, and he also promoted the excavation of the Roman baths, which became the emblem and logo of his bottling company, located on the other side of the medieval castle wall. In the 1950s a new bottling plant was built opposite the Roman baths in Caldes de Malavella, replacing the obsolete earlier installations. Today the company markets its natural sparkling mineral water under the San Narciso and Imperial names, positioning itself on the thermal, mineral-medicinal heritage of its source. Its official website presents the water as "la teva aigua mineral natural amb gas" — your natural sparkling mineral water — from a spa town recognised as the origin of high-quality carbonated water. The company operates in the Spanish market and remains associated with the town's thermal identity, where the springs, Roman baths and bottling plant are closely linked. Ownership and corporate details beyond the operating company name are not disclosed in the available evidence.

The history of Aguas Minerales de San Narciso SL is rooted in the thermal springs of Caldes de Malavella, a town in the Catalan comarca of La Selva whose waters have been used since Roman times. The San Narciso and Imperial springs rise in the town centre on the Puig de Sant Grau, surrounded by Roman baths, reaching temperatures of 59°C and 49°C respectively and carrying volcanic-origin gas emanations along the Puig de les Moleres fault. The waters have been attributed mineral-medicinal properties since 1928. The San Narciso brand began in 1870, when the Pla i Deniel family received authorisation to bottle and commercialise water from their spring under the name Aigua San Narciso. Narcís Pla i Masgrau, a native of Caldes de Malavella who had established himself in Barcelona, was the promoter of the first bottling installation on the Avinguda dels Manantials; the street now bears the family name and is the site of the current bottling plant and the Roman baths. The Imperial brand dates from 1916, when the industrialist Pau Estapé received authorisation to bottle and commercialise Aigua Imperial. Estapé also promoted the excavation of the Roman baths and adopted them as the emblem and logo of his bottling company, which stood on the other side of the medieval castle wall. In the 1950s a new bottling plant was constructed opposite the Roman baths in Caldes de Malavella, replacing the earlier installations that had become obsolete. The two historic brands were eventually brought together under the operating company Aguas Minerales de San Narciso SL, which continues to bottle naturally carbonated mineral water from the same springs. The company's official website presents the water as a natural sparkling mineral water from a spa town recognised as the origin of high-quality carbonated water, emphasising the healthful character attributed to the source. The firm operates in the Spanish market and remains closely identified with the thermal heritage of Caldes de Malavella.

• 1950

  A new bottling plant is built opposite the Roman baths in Caldes de Malavella, replacing the obsolete earlier installations.

• 1928

  The waters of Caldes de Malavella are officially attributed mineral-medicinal properties.

• 1916

  Industrialist Pau Estapé receives authorisation to bottle and commercialise Aigua Imperial and promotes the excavation of the Roman baths, which become the logo of his bottling company.

• 1870

  The Pla i Deniel family receives authorisation to bottle and commercialise water from their spring as Aigua San Narciso; Narcís Pla i Masgrau promotes the first bottling installation on the Avinguda dels Manantials.

Natural sparkling mineral water from a historic thermal spa town, marketed on its mineral-medicinal heritage since 1928.

• Aigua San Narciso

  Naturally carbonated mineral water from the San Narciso spring, bottled since 1870.

• Aigua Imperial

  Naturally carbonated mineral water from the Imperial spring, bottled since 1916.

1. 1San Narciso – official websitesannarciso.com
2. 2Aguas Minerales de San Narciso SL – Wikidatawikidata.org