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Route Départementale 914
The Route Départementale 914 or RD 914 is the scenic route by the Mediterranean Sea, between Perpignan and Cerbère, at the Spanish border. Formerly named Route Nationale 114, or RN 114 before being handed to the département of Pyrénées-Orientales, on December 9 2005. It becomes the Spanish National Road N-260 or Eix Pirenenc (in Catalan language, Catalan) as it crosses the border toward Portbou. The N-260 is about to be upgraded into a highway, the "Autovía del Eje Pirenaico" (in Spanish language, Spanish) or "Autovia del Eix Pirenenc" (in Catalan language, Catalan), the Autovía A-26.See the Route Départementale 914 on GoogleMaps From Perpignan to Cerbère * Perpignan ''(km 0)'' * Corneilla-del-Vercol * Elne ''(km 13)'' * Argelès-sur-Mer ''(km 21)'' * Collioure ''(km 27)'' * Port-Vendres ''(km 30)'' * ''Paulilles'' ''(km 33)'' * Banyuls-sur-Mer ''(km 36)'' * Cerbère ''(km 45)'' * ''Col des Balistres'' See also * Côte Vermeille Routes départementales in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Col Des Balistres Frontière Franco-espagnole Entre Cerbère Et Portbou
A col is the lowest point on a mountain ridge between two peaks; a mountain pass or saddle. COL, CoL or col may also refer to: Computers * Caldera OpenLinux, a defunct Linux distribution * , an HTML element#col, HTML element specifying a column * A collision signal in Ethernet Language * Col language, a Malayan language of Sumatra * Columbia-Wenatchi language (ISO 639-3: col) Organisations * COL Group, Chinese company * Commonwealth of Learning * compLexity Gaming, eSports organization Places * Col, Ajdovščina, Slovenia * Col, Italy * The Gaelic name for the village of Coll, Lewis, Scotland * Colorado, United States * Columbus, Ohio (station code: COL) * CoL, City of London * CoL, City of Leeds Other uses *Colorado Avalanche, a National Hockey League team that uses this abbreviation for box scores and television scoring displays *Colorado Rockies, a Major League Baseball team that uses this abbreviation for box scores and television scoring displays *Col (game), a pencil ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Corneilla-del-Vercol
Corneilla-del-Vercol (; ) is a commune in the Pyrénées-Orientales department in southern France. Geography Localisation Corneilla-del-Vercol is located in the canton of La Plaine d'Illibéris and in the arrondissement of Perpignan. Population Notable people * Pierre Jonquères d'Oriola (1920-2011), equestrian born in Corneilla-del-Vercol. See also *Communes of the Pyrénées-Orientales department The Pyrénées-Orientales departments of France, department is composed of 226 communes of France, communes. Most of the territory (except for the district of Fenolheda) formed a part of the Principality of Catalonia until 1659, and Catalan lan ... References Communes of Pyrénées-Orientales {{PyrénéesOrientales-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Routes Départementales In France
Route or routes may refer to: * Air route, route structure or airway * GPS route, a series of one or more GPS waypoints * Route (gridiron football), a path run by a wide receiver * Route (command), a program used to configure the routing table * Route, County Antrim, an area in Northern Ireland * Routes, Seine-Maritime, a commune in Seine-Maritime, France * ''Routes'', a 2003 video game by Leaf (Japanese company), Leaf See also * Acronyms and abbreviations in avionics * Path (other) * Rout, a disorderly retreat of military units from the field of battle * Route number or road number * Router (other) * Router (woodworking) * Routing (other) * The Route (other) * Routing table * Scenic route, a thoroughfare designated as scenic based on the scenery through which it passes * Trade route, a commonly used path for the passage of goods {{disambiguation ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Côte Vermeille
The Côte Vermeille (; , meaning "vermilion coast", or traditionally ) is a region in the French department of Pyrénées-Orientales on the Mediterranean Coast near the border with Spain. The Côte Vermeille stretches from Argelès-sur-Mer to the border village of Cerbère. The towns of Collioure, Port-Vendres and Banyuls-sur-Mer are nested along a 20 km stretch of beaches, small bays, creeks and coves. See also * Paulilles * Natura 2000 Natura 2000 is a network of nature protection areas in the territory of the European Union. It is made up of Special Areas of Conservation and Special Protection Areas designated under the Habitats Directive and the Birds Directive, respectiv ... * Route départementale 914 References Landforms of Pyrénées-Orientales Protected areas of France Northern Catalonia Vermeille {{Europe-protected-area-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Banyuls-sur-Mer
Banyuls-sur-Mer (; ) is a Communes of France, commune in the Pyrénées-Orientales Departments of France, department in southern France. Geography Location Banyuls-sur-Mer is located in the canton of La Côte Vermeille and in the arrondissement of Céret. It is part of the Comarques of Northern Catalonia, Northern Catalan comarca of Rosselló (comarca), Rosselló, within the ''subcomarca'' of . Banyuls-sur-Mer is neighbored by Cerbère, Port-Vendres, Argelès-sur-Mer and Collioure on its French borders, and by Espolla, Rabós, Colera and Portbou on its Spanish borders. The foothills of Pyrenees, the ''Monts Albères'', run into the Mediterranean Sea in Banyuls-sur-Mer, creating a steep cliff line. Toponymy Banyuls-sur-Mer was first mentioned in 981 as ''Balneum'' or ''Balneola''. In 1074, the town started being called ''Bannils de Maritimo'' in order to distinguish it from Banyuls-dels-Aspres, which lies away. In 1197, the town was mentioned as ''Banullis de Maredine'' an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paulilles
Paulilles () is a protected area on the Mediterranean Sea, located between the towns of Port-Vendres, and Banyuls-sur-Mer in Pyrénées-Orientales, North Catalonia, France. History The Dynamite Factory Paulilles Recreational Park occupies a rehabilitated dynamite factory site protected as an ecological network by the Natura 2000 European organisation. Originally serving as the French Nobel Dynamite Factory, it was created by Nobel's associate in France, Paul François Barbe, and built in 1870. Several accidents over the years caused multiple deaths: the most important ones killed 20 workers in 1882 and 5 in 1885. Protecting the environment In July 1991, the installations were closed by the Société nationale des poudres et des explosifs (SNPE), and later sold to the Conservatoire du littoral in 1998 to protect the area from real estate developers. In 2005, the General Council of the Pyrénées-Orientales launched the renovation to ready 9 buildings, destroy nearly 70, an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Port-Vendres
Port-Vendres (; ; ) is a Communes of France, commune in the Pyrénées-Orientales Departments of France, department, southeastern France. A typical Mediterranean Sea, Mediterranean fishing port, situated near the Spanish border on the Côte Vermeille in southeastern France, Port-Vendres is renowned for its numerous fish and sea food restaurants. Geography Port-Vendres is located in the canton of La Côte Vermeille and in the arrondissement of Céret. Port-Vendres is one of the few deep-water ports in this part of the French Mediterranean coast. It takes freighters and cruise ships, as well as large and small fishing boats which may be seen arriving with their daily catch. The geomorphology of Port-Vendres meant that it developed in a different way from the nearby port of Collioure. Whereas Collioure has two beaches which slowly descend into a relatively shallow sandy-bottomed harbour, Port-Vendres is deeper and rockier. Collioure and Port-Vendres have therefore been used for ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Collioure
Collioure (; , ) is a commune in the southern French department of Pyrénées-Orientales. Geography The town of Collioure is on the Côte Vermeille (Vermilion Coast), in the canton of La Côte Vermeille and in the arrondissement of Céret. Toponymy Collioure is named ''Cotlliure'' in Catalan. History There is a record of the castle at "Castrum Caucoliberi" having been mentioned as early as 673, indicating that the settlement here was of strategic and commercial importance during the Visigoth ascendancy. Collioure used to be divided into two villages separated by the river Douy, the old town to the south named ''Port d'Avall'' (in French known as ''Le Faubourg'') and the upstream port, ''Port d'Amunt'' (in French known as ''Le Mouré''). Collioure was taken in 1642 by the French troops of Maréchal de la Meilleraye. A decade later, the town was officially surrendered to France by the 1659 Treaty of Pyrenees. Because of its highly strategic importance, the town's fortif ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Argelès-sur-Mer
Argelès-sur-Mer (; ; ; ), commonly known as Argelès ( ), is a commune in the Pyrénées-Orientales department in the administrative region of Occitania, France. It is about 25 km from Perpignan. Geography Argelès-sur-Mer is located in the canton of La Côte Vermeille and in the arrondissement of Céret. Argelès-sur-Mer is on the Côte Vermeille at the foot of the Albères mountain range, close to the Spanish border. It has the longest beach in the Pyrenées Orientales. It is part of the Northern Catalan comarca of Rosselló. History In 1939, the Argelés concentration camp was created on the beaches near the town. At its peak in March 1939, the camp contained about 100,000 Spaniards, mostly soldiers of the defeated Spanish Republican Army. During World War II, Argelès-sur-Mer was the location of a concentration camp, where up to 100,000 defeated Spanish Republicans were interned next to a windy beach in abysmal sanitary conditions by the French government a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Elne
Elne (; ) is a commune in the Pyrénées-Orientales department in southern France. It lies in the former province of Roussillon, of which it was the first capital, being later replaced by Perpignan. Its inhabitants are still called ''Illibériens'' in reference to the city's Iberian name, Illiberis, one that it shared with the Illiberis that became Granada, Spain. Geography Elne is located in the canton of La Plaine d'Illibéris and in the arrondissement of Perpignan. It is situated from the Mediterranean near the Tech River, in Pyrénées-Orientales, from Perpignan and from Argelès. History Elne, from the heights of its fortified site, dominates the narrow plain of Roussillon between the Pyrenees and the Mediterranean. Numerous archeological researches have shown that the surrounding countryside has been occupied since Neolithic times. Elne was an Iberian ''oppidum'' or fortified town. Elne is the oldest town in Roussillon and since it is situated on the way towa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Autovía A-26
Autovía A-26 (, ) 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'' of La Garrotxa (Catalonia, Spain), but a second section between Figueres and Besalú is about to be started shortly. The construction of a third section between Figueres and Llançà has been recently approved by the Spanish government. See also *List of autopistas and autovías in Spain The Spanish motorway (highway) network is the third largest in the world, by len ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Scenic Route
A scenic route, tourist road, tourist drive, scenic byway, or holiday road is a specially designated road or waterway that travels through an area of natural or cultural beauty. It often passes by scenic viewpoints. The designation is usually determined by a governmental body, such as a Department of Transportation or a Ministry of Transport. Tourist highway A tourist highway, tourist route, or holiday route is a road that is marketed as being particularly suited for tourists. Tourist highways may be formed when existing roads are promoted with traffic signs and advertising material. Some tourist highways such as the Blue Ridge Parkway are built especially for tourism purposes. Others may be roadways enjoyed by local citizens in areas of unique or exceptional natural beauty, such as the Lake District. Still others, such as the Lincoln Highway in Illinois are former main roads, only designated as "scenic" after most traffic bypasses them (termed scenic highway in the United St ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
