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Canigou (Fr. Canigou; Cat. Canigó) is the mountain located in the Pyrenees in the South of France (Pyrénées-Orientales department, in the Occitania region), less than 50 kilometers from the Mediterranean sea. They considered it to be the highest mountain…

Villefranche de Conflent (Villefranche-de-Conflent in French or Vilafranca de Conflent in Catalan) is a commune, located in the Pyrénées-Orientales department in the Pyrenees in France (Occitania). All signs at the entrance to the city and Fort Liberia are…

Narbonne (in Occitan, Narbona pronounced [naɾˈbunɔ]) is a city in Languedoc. Administratively, it is a commune of the region of Occitania, the department of Aude (France). With 50,000 inhabitants, called narbonesos, it is the main town of the department of…

Vernet-les-Bains (French: Vernet-les-Bains, Catalan: Vernet) is a small French town situated at the foot of the Canigou mountain (2,785 meters), in the heart of the Catalan Pyrenees regional natural park in the Pyrénées-Orientales department, in the Occitania…

Montpellier  (fr. Montpellier, Occitan: Montpelhièr) is a city near the south coast of France on the Mediterranean Sea. It is the capital of the Hérault department in the Occitania region. Montpellier is the third-largest French city on the Mediterranean…

The Arc de Triomphe de l’Étoile, often simply called the Arc de Triomphe, is a tetrapyl-type monument located in Paris (France), at a high point at the junction of the territories of the 8th, 16th and 17th arrondissements, notably at the top of the avenue…

Триумфальная арка Этуаль (Arc de triomphe de l’Étoile), часто называемая просто Триумфальной аркой, представляет собой памятник тетрапилонного типа, расположенный в Париже (Франция), на высокой точке на стыке территорий 8-го, 16-го и 17-го округов, в частности…

Foix – the most touristy city of Ariège (France) It is part of an agglomeration called Country Foix Varilhes, which, in turn, is part of the Ariège department (Pyrenees, France, Occitania), with a population of 160,000 inhabitants. About 90,000 tourists visit…

Camon (Camon in Occitan Languedocien) is a commune, located in the northeast of the department of Ariège in the Occitania region (France, Pyrenees). Historically and culturally, the town is part of the Cathar country combining landscapes of extreme diversity.…

Pamiers (Occitan: Pàmias) is a commune and largest city in the Ariège department in the Occitania region in southwestern France (foothills of the Pyrenees). It is a sub-prefecture of the department. It is the most populous commune in the Ariège department…

Tarascon-sur-Ariège (fr. Tarascon-sur-Ariège) is a commune in the Ariège department in southwestern France, Occitania, Pyrenees. The city is located about 100 km from Toulouse to the south. Historians believe that Tarascon-sur-Ariège is one of the world capitals.…

Mirepoix (Fr. Mirepoix) is a commune in the Ariège department in southwestern France (Occitania, foothills of the Pyrenees). The city is famous as one of the finest survived arcaded market squares – Les Couverts – in France. The square is bordered by half…

Sète (fr. Sète; Occitan: Seta), known as Cette until 1928, is a commune in the Hérault department in the region of Occitania in southern France. Its inhabitants are called Sétois. It’s a popular part of the Amethyst Coast of the Mediterranean resorts of France.…