The Col du Pourtalet, El Portalet or Portalet d'Aneu is a

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and

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in the Pyrenees, between France and

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. The pass reaches an elevation of , and links the Ossau and

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valleys. The road across the pass is known as the A-136 on the Spanish side, and links to

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. T ...

and

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 ...

. On the French side the D934 road connects the pass to the towns of Laruns,

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and Pau. The pass is kept open in the winter, but in case of heavy snowfall may be closed for a couple of days. Due to the Schengen Agreement the checkpoint is not functional nowadays. The French side of the pass falls within the ''commune'' of Laruns in the ''département'' of Pyrénées-Atlantiques, whilst the Spanish side is within the municipality of Sallent de Gállego within the

province of Huesca Huesca ( an, Uesca, ca, Osca), officially Huesca/Uesca, is a province of northeastern Spain, in northern Aragon. The capital is Huesca. Positioned just south of the central Pyrenees, Huesca borders France and the French Departments of Haute-Gar ...

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Mountain passes of the Pyrenees Mountain passes of Nouvelle-Aquitaine Mountain passes of Aragon Geography of the Province of Huesca Landforms of Pyrénées-Atlantiques Transport in Nouvelle-Aquitaine Transport in Aragon France–Spain border crossings {{PyrénéesAtlantiques-geo-stub

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