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Pyrenees
The Pyrenees is a range of mountains in southwest Europe that forms a natural border between France and Spain...
village
Village
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and municipality
Municipality
A municipality is essentially an urban administrative division having corporate status and usually powers of self-government. It can also be used to mean the governing body of a municipality. A municipality is a general-purpose administrative subdivision, as opposed to a special-purpose district...
located in the Aran Valley, province of Lérida, Northern Spain
Spain
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. Situated on the left bank of the river Garona, the village is bordered by Les, Vilamòs
Vilamòs
Vilamòs is a municipality in the comarca of the Aran Valley in Catalonia, Spain, close to the French border. The mayor is Francés Castet Condó ....
, Arres
Arres
Arres is a municipality in the comarca of the Aran Valley in Catalonia, Spain, close to the French border. The local timezone is GMT+01:00. The coordinates of Arres are 42°45′33.51″ N, 0°42′37.29″ E. The mayor is Pere Castet i Farré ....
and France
France
The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...
(by Bagnères-de-Luchon
Bagnères-de-Luchon
Bagnères-de-Luchon , also referred to as Luchon, is a spa town and a commune in the Haute-Garonne department in southwestern France.-Geography:...
).
See also
France–Spain border- N-230N-230The N-230 connects Lleida to Vielha, the Vall d'Aran and France.It passes through Benabarre, the Vall del Noguera Ribagorçana and the Vielha tunnel . The road is to be up-graded to the Autovía A-14....
, connects Lérida to French borderFranceThe French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...
by VielhaVielha e MijaranVielha e Mijaran is a municipality in the comarca of the Val d'Aran in Catalonia, Spain. It was created in 1970 by the merger of the municipalities of Arròs e Vila, Betlan, Escunhau, Gausac, Vielha and Vilac: the former municipalities retain some privileges as "decentralised municipal entities" , as...