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N-260
The N-260, also known as Eje Pirenaico ( Pyrenaean Axis), is the northernmost east–west national road in Spain. In contrast to the majority of Spanish national roads, which were specially constructed during the mid-20th century, the path for this highway was established at 80's decade over several previously existing secondary (or even local) roads. This fact, along with the mountainous characteristics of the eastern Pyrenees regions it crosses, is the consequence of several stretches being uneven and narrow paths with features further from the modern standard national roads. The N-260 is in process of being upgraded to the A-26 ''autovía An ''autovía'' is one of two classes of major highway in the Spanish road system similar to a British motorway or an American freeway. It is akin to the autopista, the other major highway class, but has fewer features and is never a toll road ...''. These are the sections of the N-260 road: {{Commons category, N-260 Roads in Cat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Autovía A-26
Autovía A-26 ( es, Autovía del Eje Pirenaico, ca, Autovia del Eix Pirenenc) is a long-term project of the Spanish government to upgrade the N-260 national road, also known as ''Eje Pirenaico'' (in Spanish) or ''Eix Pirenenc'' (in Catalan). When finished, it will be the northernmost east-west highway in Spain and will connect the French border (near Portbou) with Sabiñánigo (northern Aragón), following the southern foothills of the eastern Pyrenees and passing over relevant towns such as Figueres, Olot, Ripoll, Puigcerdà or La Seu d'Urgell. At the moment, there is only one section constructed between Besalú and Olot, both municipalities of the ''comarca A ''comarca'' (, or , or ) is a traditional region or local administrative division found in Portugal, Spain and some of their former colonies, like Brazil, Nicaragua, and Panama. The term is derived from the term ''marca'', meaning a "march, ...'' of Garrotxa, La Garrotxa (Catalonia, Spain), but a second section be ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
La Pobla De Segur
La Pobla de Segur is a municipality located in the comarca of Pallars Jussà, province of Lleida, Catalonia, in northern Spain. According to the 2013 census (INE), the town has a population of 3,073 inhabitants. It is situated at the confluence of the Flamicell and Noguera Pallaresa rivers in the north of the ''comarca'', above the Sant Antoni reservoir. It is an important local service centre, which has allowed it to escape the depopulation which has affected many municipalities in northwestern Catalonia. The village is served by the C-13 road between Tremp and Sort, the N-260 road to Pont de Suert and by a railway station on a railway line to Lleida. Famous people from La Pobla de Segur include FC Barcelona player Carles Puyol and current High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Josep Borrell. History The earliest settlement in the area was to the north of the present town, and known as ''El Pui de Segur''. It was incorporated into the count ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Portbou
Portbou () is a town in the Alt Empordà Comarques of Catalonia, county, in the Province of Girona, Catalonia, Spain. It has a population of people (). Portbou is located near the France, French France–Spain border, border in the Costa Brava region, and frequently serves as a dropping off point for SNCF trains coming from Cerbère in France. Portbou was a small but important point for the Second Spanish Republic, Republicans during the Spanish Civil War, as it was one of the few places from where they could get supplies from abroad. Portbou is also where German philosophy, German philosopher Walter Benjamin committed suicide and was buried in 1940. There is a monument in his honor, by Dani Karavan. Transport The Portbou railway station is a break-of-gauge station. It contains a major rail freight transfer facility, and a large passenger station built to support customs and immigration. The customs and immigration facilities are no longer required as both France and Spain are ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Segre River
The Segre ( or ; french: Sègre) is a river tributary to the Ebro (''Ebre'' in Catalan) with a basin comprising territories across three states: France, Andorra and Spain. The river Segre, known to Romans and Greeks as Sicoris, and to the Arabs of Al-Andalus as Nahr az-Zaytūn (نهر الزيتون, river of Olives) has its sources on the north face of the Pic del Segre or ''Puigmal de Segre'' ("Segre's Peak") in the French department Pyrénées-Orientales (historically the ''comarca'' of Alta Cerdanya), in the Catalan Pyrenees. It follows a western direction all along the Cerdanya (''Cerdagne'') Valley, and crosses the town Saillagouse, the Spanish exclave Llívia and Bourg-Madame. It enters Spain at Puigcerdà and continues west until La Seu d'Urgell, where it meets the Valira River coming from Andorra. From this point it adopts a south-western course across the pre-Pyrenees (with several dams along its gorges) and the western plains of Catalonia. It passes through Balague ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Roads In Catalonia
A road is a linear way for the conveyance of traffic that mostly has an improved surface for use by vehicles (motorized and non-motorized) and pedestrians. Unlike streets, the main function of roads is transportation. There are many types of roads, including parkways, avenues, controlled-access highways (freeways, motorways, and expressways), tollways, interstates, highways, thoroughfares, and local roads. The primary features of roads include lanes, sidewalks (pavement), roadways (carriageways), medians, shoulders, verges, bike paths (cycle paths), and shared-use paths. Definitions Historically many roads were simply recognizable routes without any formal construction or some maintenance. The Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) defines a road as "a line of communication (travelled way) using a stabilized base other than rails or air strips open to public traffic, primarily for the use of road motor vehicles running on their own wheels", which i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
N-330
The N-330 is a highway in Aragon, Spain. It forms part of European Route E7. It connects with France at the Tunnel of Somport (12 km) with Huesca. It then becomes the Autovía A-23 to Zaragoza. It heads south to Daroca, where it becomes the N-234. The road emerges again south of Teruel following the Rio Turia. The N-420 branches west in the Rincón de Valencia rising to over 1,000m. It then runs south to Utiel and the Autovía A-3 in the province of Valencia. At Requena the road heads south again into the Sierra Martés Sierra Martés or Sierra de Martés (Valencian Language: ''Serra de Martés'') is a mountain range settled alongside the Valencian comarques of Requena-Utiel and Hoya de Buñol, province of Valencia (east Spain). Is one of the last Iberica format ... with a junction with the N-322 and then crosses the Puerto de Cruz de Confrentes and then down to the Rio Xúquer. Thereafter it passes the Reserva Nacional de Muela de Cortes and a series of oli ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Biescas
Biescas () is a municipality of northeastern Spain close to the border with France, in the midst of the Pyrenees in the province of Huesca. The name seems to provide from the term ''bizka'', which means "hill" in a Proto-Indo-European language. The town of Biescas is located at 875 meters altitude on the banks of the Gállego river. The municipality extends along a small plain and includes the canyon to access to the Tena Valley. At 72 km north of the main city Huesca, Biescas is a communication hub between the regions of Jacetania and Sobrarbe. The town is strategically located to crossing the Gállego river, as a link between the valleys of Tena and Ara. Demography and population entities The municipality extends over an area of 189.09 km2. Distributing the town main parallel to the river, with two areas of different altitude delimiting two historic districts: to the west, the district of San Pedro, which includes an area for expansion and new constructions, and easte ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Broto
Broto (in Medieval Aragonese: ''Brotto'') is a municipality in the province of Huesca, Aragon, Spain. According to the 2018 census (INE), the municipality has a population of 531 inhabitants. Villages The Valle de Broto includes the following villages: *Broto proper (905 m) in the center of the valley *Oto (913 m), 1 km south of Broto * Buesa (1135 m), 3 km south of Broto on the eastern slope of the valley * Sarvisé (863 m), 3 km south of Broto * Asín de Broto (1103 m), 13 km south of Broto, 4 km north of Fiscal Fiscal usually refers to government finance. In this context, it may refer to: Economics * Fiscal policy, use of government expenditure to influence economic development * Fiscal policy debate * Fiscal adjustment, a reduction in the government ... * Bergua (1030 m), 3 km west of Asin, now deserted *Ayerbe de Broto, now deserted *Yosa, now deserted *Escartin, now deserted *Torla (1032 m) *Fragen (1113 m) *Viu de Linás (1243 m) *Linás ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fiscal, Spain
Fiscal is a municipality in the province of Huesca, Sobrarbe comarca, Aragon, Spain. It is located 76 kilometers from Huesca Huesca (; an, Uesca) is a city in north-eastern Spain, within the autonomous community of Aragon. It is also the capital of the Spanish province of the same name and of the comarca of Hoya de Huesca. In 2009 it had a population of 52,059, almo .... It is 768 meters above sea level, and covers an area of 170 km². As of 2018, it had a population of 327 inhabitants. Geography Villages: Albella, Arresa, Borrastre, Jánovas, Javierre de Ara, Lacort, Lardiés, Ligüerre de Ara, Planillo, San Felices de Ara, San Juste, San Martín de Solana and Santa Olaria de Ara. See also * Solana Valley External links Best Walking trails in Fiscal, Aragon (Spain) Municipalities in the Province of Huesca {{huesca-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aínsa-Sobrarbe
Aínsa-Sobrarbe (in Aragonese: ''L'Aínsa-Sobrarbe'') is a municipality located in the province of Huesca, Aragon, Spain. As of 2010 (INE), the municipality has a population of 2,180 inhabitants. Aínsa is the economic development capital of the Sobrarbe comarca. Villages Besides the main Aínsa town there are the following villages within its municipal term: * Arcusa * Arro * Banastón *Las Bellostas * Camporrotuno * Castejón de Sobrarbe *Castellazo *Coscojuela de Sobrarbe *El Coscollar *Gerbe *Griébal * Guaso *Jabierre de Olsón * Latorre *Latorrecilla * Mondot *Morillo de Tou *Olsón * La Pardina * La Ripa * Paúles de Sarsa * Santa María de Buil * Sarratillo * Sarsa de Surta * Urriales Uninhabited villages and hamlets The following formerly populated places are now uninhabited: Bagüeste, Pacinias, Cerollar, Casa Sierra, Casa Linás, Escapa, La Lecina, Linés, La Capana and Puibayeta. There are also small hamlets that are inhabited only occasionally, l ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Campo, Spain
Campo (; ) is a town in the county of Ribagorza, in the province of Huesca, in Aragon, Spain. Situated in a valley between 2 rivers, the Esera and Rialbo, it is surrounded by snow-capped Pyrenean mountain peaks: most notably, the Turbón (2.492 m) and Cotiella (2.912 m). The town's municipal district includes the hamlet of Beleder, locally known as Belbedé, 2 km north of Campo. Due to the landlock created by the mountains, the locals continue to speak the centuries-old ''Patues'' (Patois), colloquially known as "''Fabla''", a Ribagorçan dialect derived from Vulgar Latin, Navarro-Aragonese, southern Gascon, and Castillian. It is also the birthplace of Gaspar Torrente Gaspar Torrente Español, (13 October 1888 in Campo, Ribagorza, Aragon - 21 March 1970 in Barcelona, Catalonia), was one of the early 20th century leaders and a founding father of Aragonese nationalism The Aragonese nationalism is a political ... (1888–1970), an early 20th Century promoter of A ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Castejón De Sos
Castejón de Sos (), in Benasquese: Castilló de Sos, is a municipality located in the province of Huesca, Aragon, Spain. According to the 2004 census (INE INE, Ine or ine may refer to: Institutions * Institut für Nukleare Entsorgung, a German nuclear research center * Instituto Nacional de Estadística (other) * Instituto Nacional de Estatística (other) * Instituto Nacional Elec ...), the municipality had a population of 731 inhabitants. References External links Municipalities in the Province of Huesca {{huesca-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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