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Vernet-les-Bains
Vernet-les-Bains (; ca, Vernet) is a commune in the Pyrénées-Orientales department in southern France. It is a centre for visitors and holidaymakers. The village has a sunny climate (with, on average, 300 days of sunshine each year) and is set in a sheltered valley in the foothills of the Canigou mountain - which rises to a height of 2,785 metres (over 9,000 feet). Vernet-les-Bains is also known for its hot water springs. There is a professional spa/therapy centre in the village. Geography Localisation Vernet-les-Bains is located in the canton of Le Canigou and in the arrondissement of Prades. Transport Close by is the Yellow train which runs from Villefranche-de-Conflent up to Mont-Louis and Latour-de-Carol. The line has the highest station in France at and is both a lifeline during winter conditions and a tourist attraction. There is a "local" bus service between Perpignan & Vernet-les-Bains. Villefranche-de-Conflent is also on a regional train line that connects ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vernet-les-Bains St-Saturnin Church
Vernet-les-Bains (; ca, Vernet) is a commune in the Pyrénées-Orientales department in southern France. It is a centre for visitors and holidaymakers. The village has a sunny climate (with, on average, 300 days of sunshine each year) and is set in a sheltered valley in the foothills of the Canigou mountain - which rises to a height of 2,785 metres (over 9,000 feet). Vernet-les-Bains is also known for its hot water springs. There is a professional spa/therapy centre in the village. Geography Localisation Vernet-les-Bains is located in the canton of Le Canigou and in the arrondissement of Prades. Transport Close by is the Yellow train which runs from Villefranche-de-Conflent up to Mont-Louis and Latour-de-Carol. The line has the highest station in France at and is both a lifeline during winter conditions and a tourist attraction. There is a "local" bus service between Perpignan & Vernet-les-Bains. Villefranche-de-Conflent is also on a regional train line that connects ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vernet-les-Bains St George's Church
Vernet-les-Bains (; ca, Vernet) is a commune in the Pyrénées-Orientales department in southern France. It is a centre for visitors and holidaymakers. The village has a sunny climate (with, on average, 300 days of sunshine each year) and is set in a sheltered valley in the foothills of the Canigou mountain - which rises to a height of 2,785 metres (over 9,000 feet). Vernet-les-Bains is also known for its hot water springs. There is a professional spa/therapy centre in the village. Geography Localisation Vernet-les-Bains is located in the canton of Le Canigou and in the arrondissement of Prades. Transport Close by is the Yellow train which runs from Villefranche-de-Conflent up to Mont-Louis and Latour-de-Carol. The line has the highest station in France at and is both a lifeline during winter conditions and a tourist attraction. There is a "local" bus service between Perpignan & Vernet-les-Bains. Villefranche-de-Conflent is also on a regional train line that connects ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Village Arboretum De Vernet-les-Bains
The Village arboretum de Vernet-les-Bains is an arboretum planted throughout the town of Vernet-les-Bains, Pyrénées-Orientales Pyrénées-Orientales (; ca, Pirineus Orientals ; oc, Pirenèus Orientals ; ), also known as Northern Catalonia, is a department of the region of Occitania, Southern France, adjacent to the northern Spanish frontier and the Mediterranean Sea. ..., Languedoc-Roussillon, France. It is open daily without charge. The arboretum's beginnings can be traced to a devastating flood in 1940, with a variety of trees planted in the 1960s during restoration work. In 1992 the local primary school undertook a project to identify the tree species in town, which led to an award in 1994 from the ''Fondation Yves Rocher''. In 1996 the municipality officially created the "village arboretum", with a statement of faith that provides (among other things) that for every child born in town, the parents will plant that child's tree. Today the arboretum contains more than 2 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Canigou
The Canigó ( ca, Canigó, french: Canigou ; la, mons Canigosus or Canigonis) is a mountain located in the Pyrenees of southern France. The Canigó is located less than from the sea and has an elevation of . Due to its sharp flanks and its dramatic location near the coast, until the 18th century the Canigou was believed to be the highest mountain in the Pyrenees. Being between south and Northern Catalonia, the mountain has a historical symbolical significance for Catalan people. Geography The Canigó is located in Pyrénées-Orientales, south of Prades and north of Prats-de-Mollo-la-Preste. Its summit lies on the border between two communes: Vernet-les-Bains and Taurinya (although the territories of two other communes - Casteil and Valmanya - approach quite closely to the summit). Its location makes it visible from the plains of Roussillon and from Conflent in France, and as well from Empordà in Spain. Twice a year, in early February and at the end of October, with good w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Diocese In Europe
The Diocese in Europe (short form for the Diocese of Gibraltar in Europe) is a diocese of the Church of England. It was originally formed in 1842 as the Diocese of Gibraltar. It is geographically the largest diocese of the Church of England and the largest diocese in the Anglican Communion, covering some one-sixth of the Earth's landmass. Its jurisdiction includes all of Europe (excluding the British Isles), Morocco, Turkey, Mongolia and the territory of the former Soviet Union. The diocese is attached to the Church of England Province of Canterbury and is headed by the Bishop in Europe, who is assisted by the Suffragan Bishop in Europe. The present bishop, Robert Innes, was commissioned and consecrated on 20 July 2014, and the current suffragan bishop is David Hamid, who was consecrated bishop on 17 October 2002. The see cathedral is the Cathedral of the Holy Trinity, Gibraltar and there are two pro-cathedrals, St Paul's Pro-Cathedral, Valletta, Malta, and the Pro-Cathedral of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Communes Of The Pyrénées-Orientales Department
The Pyrénées-Orientales department is composed of 226 communes. Most of the territory (except for the district of Fenolheda) formed part of the Principality of Catalonia until 1659, and Catalan is still spoken (in addition to French) by a significant minority of the population. The Catalan names of communes are taken from the ''Enciclopèdia catalana'' and are intended for comparison with the official French names: they do not indicate the current or former linguistic status of the commune. List of intercommunalities The communes cooperate in the following intercommunalities (as of 2020):BANATIC Périmètre des EPCI à fiscalité propre. Accessed 3 July 2020. * |
Canton Of Le Canigou
The canton of Le Canigou is an administrative division of the Pyrénées-Orientales department, in southern France. It was created at the French canton reorganisation which came into effect in March 2015. Its seat is in Amélie-les-Bains-Palalda. It consists of the following communes: #Amélie-les-Bains-Palalda #Arles-sur-Tech # Baillestavy # La Bastide #Boule-d'Amont #Bouleternère #Casefabre #Casteil #Corneilla-de-Conflent #Corsavy #Coustouges # Espira-de-Conflent # Estoher #Fillols # Finestret #Fuilla # Glorianes # Joch #Lamanère #Mantet #Marquixanes #Montbolo #Montferrer #Prats-de-Mollo-la-Preste #Prunet-et-Belpuig # Py #Reynès # Rigarda #Rodès #Sahorre #Saint-Laurent-de-Cerdans #Saint-Marsal #Saint-Michel-de-Llotes # Serralongue # Taillet # Taulis #Taurinya #Le Tech #Valmanya #Vernet-les-Bains #Vinça Vinça (; ca, Vinçà) is a commune in the Pyrénées-Orientales department in southern France. Geography Vinça is located in the canton of Le Canigou and in the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Arrondissement Of Prades
The arrondissement of Prades is an arrondissement of France in the Pyrénées-Orientales department (Northern Catalonia) in the Occitanie region. It has 123 communes. Its population is 59,828 (2016), and its area is . Composition The communes of the arrondissement of Prades, and their INSEE codes, are: # Les Angles (66004) # Angoustrine-Villeneuve-des-Escaldes (66005) # Ansignan (66006) # Arboussols (66007) # Ayguatébia-Talau (66010) # Baillestavy (66013) # Bélesta (66019) # Bolquère (66020) # Boule-d'Amont (66022) # Bouleternère (66023) # Bourg-Madame (66025) # La Cabanasse (66027) # Campôme (66034) # Campoussy (66035) # Canaveilles (66036) # Caramany (66039) # Casefabre (66040) # Casteil (66043) # Catllar (66045) # Caudiès-de-Conflent (66047) # Caudiès-de-Fenouillèdes (66046) # Clara-Villerach (66051) # Codalet (66052) # Conat (66054) # Corbère (66055) # Corbère-les-Cabanes (66056) # Corneilla-de-Conflent (66057) # Corneilla-la-Rivière (66058) # Dorres (66062) # ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yellow Train
The ''Ligne de Cerdagne'', usually referred to as ''Le Petit Train Jaune'' ( en, Little Yellow Train, ca, Tren Groc), is a gauge railway that runs from Villefranche-de-Conflent to Latour-de-Carol-Enveitg in the French Pyrenees. Construction started in 1903 and the section to Mont-Louis was completed in 1910, followed by an extension to Latour-de-Carol in 1927. It is long and climbs to at Bolquère-Eyne, the highest railway station in France. The line serves 22 stations, fourteen of which are "request stops" (i.e., the train only stops when specifically requested by passengers). There are 19 tunnels and two bridges, one of which is, unusual for a railway bridge, a suspension bridge. The line is single-track with passing loops at, for example, Mont-Louis and Fontpédrouse-Saint-Thomas-les-Bains. The trains are powered by electricity at 850 volts DC, supplied by third rail. The power is supplied by hydro-electric generators on the River Têt. The maximum speed of the train i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Villefranche-de-Conflent
Villefranche-de-Conflent (; ca, Vilafranca de Conflent) is historically a town in the Conflent region of Catalonia, and now a commune in the Pyrénées-Orientales department in southern France. Geography Villefranche-de-Conflent is located in the canton of Les Pyrénées catalanes and in the arrondissement of Prades. The town's confined site, at about 440 m above sea level, is relatively level ground surrounded by * the northeast-flowing river Têt (on the town's west and north), * the Cady, which flows north to empty into the Têt (on the east), and * a peak (at nearly 800 m), less than 800 m away (on the south). Transport ;Roads The N116 from Perpignan on the Mediterranean passes, as a two-lane highway, between the southern town wall and an embankment cut into the high ground to the south; this route continues west into the adjacent Cerdagne region. ;Train The town's train station starts and ends the route of the scenic Yellow train. History The town's access ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Romanesque Architecture
Romanesque architecture is an architectural style of medieval Europe characterized by semi-circular arches. There is no consensus for the beginning date of the Romanesque style, with proposals ranging from the 6th to the 11th century, this later date being the most commonly held. In the 12th century it developed into the Gothic style, marked by pointed arches. Examples of Romanesque architecture can be found across the continent, making it the first pan-European architectural style since Imperial Roman architecture. The Romanesque style in England and Sicily is traditionally referred to as Norman architecture. Combining features of ancient Roman and Byzantine buildings and other local traditions, Romanesque architecture is known by its massive quality, thick walls, round arches, sturdy pillars, barrel vaults, large towers and decorative arcading. Each building has clearly defined forms, frequently of very regular, symmetrical plan; the overall appearance is one of simplic ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vernet Les Bains
Vernet is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: Painters *Antoine Vernet (1689-1753), French painter, father of Claude Joseph Vernet * Claude Joseph Vernet (1714–1789), French painter * Antoine Charles Horace Vernet (1758–1835), also known as Carle Vernet, French painter, the son of Claude Joseph Vernet * Emile Jean Horace Vernet (1789–1863), French painter, the son of Antoine Charles Horace Vernet Other * Daniel Vernet (c. 1945–2018), French journalist * Helen Vernet (1876–1956), British gambler * Jacob Vernet (1698–1789), Swiss theologian * José María Vernet (born 1944), Argentine politician * Louis Vernet (archer) (1870–1946), French Olympic athlete * Luis Vernet (1791–1871), Appointed Military and Civil Commander of Puerto Luis (1829–1832) by the Republic of Buenos Aires See also * Le Vernet (other) Le Vernet or Vernet is the name or part of the name of the following communes in France: * Le Vernet, Allier, in the Allier department * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
