Le Monêtier-les-Bains is the highest village of the French ski resort of Serre Chevalier at 1,500m.

Le Monêtier-Les-Bains has two hot-water springs, one at 34 °C (93 °F) and one at 38 °C (100 °F), and the village has been a thermal spa since Roman times.

Warm water presence in the Monêtier area was already appreciated during the Roman Empire, when the village was known with the name of Stabatio (healing).

From 1999 the new thermal bath of Les grands Bains was opened and, thanks to the following improvement works, Le Monêtier-les-Bains became, again, a popular destination for spa tourism.

The village lies on the Col du Lautaret and is regularly used in the Tour de France.