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It is the only important town, and only the towns of Canet-en-Roussillon, Saint-Estève, Saint-Cyprien, Argelès-sur-Mer, Cabestany and Saint-Laurent-de-la-Salanque exceed 10,000 inhabitants. Other important towns are Rivesaltes , Bompas , Pia , Thuir , Céret , Elne , Le Soler , Prades and Toulouges , each with between 6,500 and 10,000 ...
Its location at the foot of the Pyrenees gives Pau an exceptional panorama of the chain of the Pyrenees, in particular from the Boulevard des Pyrénées which is a long avenue of 1.8 kilometres (1.1 mi), facing the Pyrenees mountain range. Pau is the most beautiful view of Earth from the world as Naples is the most beautiful view of sea.
Hautes-Pyrénées (French pronunciation: [ot piʁene] ⓘ; Gascon/Occitan: Nauts Pirenèus / Hauts Pirenèus ['awts piɾeˈnɛʊs]; Spanish: Altos Pirineos; Catalan: Alts Pirineus ['alts piɾiˈneʊs]; ) is a department in the region of Occitania, southwestern France.
The Pyrenees mountain range crosses the department from east to west from the Col d'Aubisque to the mouth of the Bidasoa at Hendaye. The border with Spain follows the Pyrenean chain. The highest point is at the Pic Palas (commune of Laruns), in the Balaïtous massif, on the Franco-Spanish border, at 2,974 meters.
Perpignan (UK: / ˈ p ɜːr p ɪ n j ɒ̃ /, US: / ˌ p ɛər p iː ˈ n j ɑː n /, [3] [4] French: [pɛʁpiɲɑ̃] ⓘ; Catalan: Perpinyà [pəɾpiˈɲa]; Occitan: Perpinhan [peɾpiˈɲa]) is the prefecture of the Pyrénées-Orientales department in Southern France, in the heart of the plain of Roussillon, at the foot of the Pyrenees a few kilometres from the Mediterranean Sea and the ...
The name of the town in Catalan is Ceret. [4]Former known names of Céret are, in order of appearance, vicus Sirisidum in 814, vico Cereto in 866, villa Cerseto in 915, vigo Ceresido in 930, also Cered and Ceriteto in the 10th century, Ceret, Cericeto in the 11th and 12th centuries, Cirset around 1070, Cersed (one of the most common forms) in 1130 and Cerset in 1138, and from the 13th to 15th ...
Here are nine of New York's most picturesque towns, including two in the Finger Lakes region. ... We all love to visit that picture-perfect place and snap photos to share with family and friends ...
The following is a list of the 545 communes of the Pyrénées-Atlantiques department of France. The communes cooperate in the following intercommunalities (as of 2020): [1] Communauté d'agglomération Pau Béarn Pyrénées; Communauté d'agglomération du Pays Basque; Communauté de communes Adour Madiran (partly) Communauté de communes du ...