Font-Romeu-Odeillo-Via
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Font-Romeu-Odeillo-Via or Odeillo, is a commune
in the Pyrénées-Orientales
and Cerdagne near the Spanish border in the south of France
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It also is one of the oldest ski resorts in France
and the oldest in the Pyrenees
.
Communes of France
The commune is the lowest level of administrative division in the French Republic. French communes are roughly equivalent to incorporated municipalities or villages in the United States or Gemeinden in Germany...
in the Pyrénées-Orientales
Pyrénées-Orientales
Pyrénées-Orientales is a department of southern France adjacent to the northern Spanish frontier and the Mediterranean Sea. It also surrounds the tiny Spanish enclave of Llívia, and thus has two distinct borders with Spain.- History :...
and Cerdagne near the Spanish border in the south of 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...
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It also is one of the oldest ski resorts in 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...
and the oldest in the Pyrenees
Pyrenees
The Pyrenees is a range of mountains in southwest Europe that forms a natural border between France and Spain...
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Solar Power
- The world's largest solar furnaceSolar furnaceA solar furnace is a structure that captures sunlight to produce high temperatures, usually for industry. This is done with a curved mirror that acts as a parabolic reflector, concentrating light onto a focal point...
(pictured) is in Odeillo, and welcomes visitors. - THEMIS Solar Power R&D centerThemis (solar power plant)The THEMIS solar power tower is a research and development centre focused on solar energy. It is located near the village of Targassonne, in the department of Pyrénées-Orientales, south of France, 3 kilometres from the world's largest solar furnace in Odeillo.-Siting of the plant:THEMIS Solar...
is 3 kilometres away in the village of TargassonneTargassonneTargassonne is a commune of Cerdanya in the Pyrénées-Orientales department in south of France. It is located at 1,600 meters near the villages of Égat and Font-Romeu-Odeillo-Via....
Transportation
- Font-Romeu-Odeillo-Via is served by the Yellow trainYellow trainThe Ligne de Cerdagne, often called the Yellow Train , is a metre gauge railway that runs from Villefranche-de-Conflent through to Mont-Louis in France. It was 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...
line, a railway which runs from Villefranche-de-ConflentVillefranche-de-ConflentVillefranche-de-Conflent is a commune in the Pyrénées-Orientales department in south of France.-The Capital of Conflent:The original town dates from 1098 and is fortified because of its strategic position in lands that changed hands between French and Spanish occupation.* 1374, Villefranche...
through to Mont-LouisMont-LouisMont-Louis is a commune in the Pyrénées-Orientales department in southern France.In 2008, the citadel and the city walls of Mont-Louis were listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Sites, as part of the "Fortifications of Vauban" group....
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See also
- Communes of the Pyrénées-Orientales department
- Arboretum de Font-RomeuArboretum de Font-RomeuThe Arboretum de Font-Romeu is an arboretum located at an altitude of 1800 meters within the Forêt de Font-Romeu near Font-Romeu-Odeillo-Via, Pyrénées-Orientales, Languedoc-Roussillon, France...
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