Enveitg (; , ) is a

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in the

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. ...

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in southern

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Geography

Localization

Enveitg is located in the

canton of Les Pyrénées catalanes The canton of Les Pyrénées catalanes 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 Prades. It c ...

and in the

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 ...

Transport

Latour-de-Carol-Enveitg train station is adjacent to the village. The station has the distinction of serving three separate routes (

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from Toulouse, RENFE from Barcelona and the Train Jaune from Villefranche-de-Conflent), each with a different

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s. This requires through passengers and freight to change trains. In addition, before Spain's accession to the

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and the

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, customs and immigration checks were performed; these are no longer necessary, so the people required for these have been withdrawn, leading to a decline in population and activity. Another station in the commune is

Béna Fanès station Béna Fanès is a railway station in Enveitg, Occitanie, France. The station is on the Ligne de Cerdagne. The line is a narrow gauge line at 1,000 mm (3 ft 3 3⁄8 in) and has a third rail pickup at 750 V DC (3rd Rail). The station is s ...

, on the line to Villefranche-de-Conflent.

Population

References

Communes of Pyrénées-Orientales {{PyrénéesOrientales-geo-stub

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