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Bélesta, Pyrénées-Orientales, in the Pyrénées-Orientales department Bélesta-en-Lauragais , in the Haute-Garonne department Topics referred to by the same term
The Pyrénées-Orientales department is located in the extreme south of France, eastern section of the Pyrenees mountain range and the Plaine du Roussillon [].The mountainous region of the county consists of the Albera massif to the southeast, the Corbières massif to the north, and the historic regions of Vallespir, Conflent, Cerdagne, and Capcir, which make up almost 50% of the department's ...
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Pyrénées-Orientales (French: [piʁene ɔʁjɑ̃tal] ⓘ; Catalan: Pirineus Orientals [piɾiˈnɛwz uɾiənˈtals]; Occitan: Pirenèus Orientals [piɾeˈnɛwz uɾjenˈtals]; lit. ' Eastern Pyrenees ' ), also known as Northern Catalonia , [ 3 ] [ 4 ] [ 5 ] are a department of the region of Occitania , Southern France , adjacent to the northern ...
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The Pyrénées-Orientales department is composed of 226 communes.. Most of the territory (except for the district of Fenolheda) formed a part of the Principality of Catalonia until 1659, and Catalan is still spoken (in addition to French) by a significant minority of the population.
A group of amateur astronomers formed the Association pour le Développement Amateur d’un Grand Instrument d’Observation (ADAGIO), which established the Bélesta Observatory in 1996.