Hautes-Pyrénées
Arrondissement of Argelès-Gazost
Barèges

Col du Tourmalet

Col du Tourmalet is one of the highest paved mountain passes in the French , in the department of . Sainte-Marie-de-Campan is at the foot on the eastern side and the ski station two-thirds of the way up.
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Places of Interest

Highlights include The Giant of Tourmalet and Pic du Midi de Bigorre.

Memorial
Photo: Adolfobrigido, CC BY-SA 3.0.
, frequently nicknamed Octave in honor of Octave Lapize, the first rider to cross the Col du Tourmalet in the Tour in 1910, is a monumental sculpture created by Jean-Bernard Métais and installed for part of the year at the Col du Tourmalet in France.

Peak
Photo: Nathan Hamblen, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The or simply the Pic du Midi is a mountain in the . It is the site of the Pic du Midi Observatory.

Church
Photo: Sotos, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is a church.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Artigues and Barèges.

Locality
Photo: Etienne Baudon, Public domain.
is a locality.

Village
Photo: Ottaviani, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is a commune in the department, administrative region of , southwestern . It is situated in the valley of the Bastan on the former Route nationale 618 on the western side of the Col du Tourmalet.

Village
Photo: Ottaviani, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a commune in the department in south-western . is situated 9 km west of Col du Tourmalet.

Col du Tourmalet

Latitude
42.90838° or 42° 54′ 30″ north
Longitude
0.14527° or 0° 8′ 43″ east
Elevation
2,115 metres (6,939 feet)
Open location code
8FJ2W45W+94
Open­Street­Map ID
node 261767485
Open­Street­Map feature
natural=­saddle
Open­Street­Map feature
tourism=­attraction
Geo­Names ID
2972267
Wiki­data ID
Q942322
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In Other Languages

From Asturian to Swedish—“Col du Tourmalet” goes by many names.
  • Asturian: “Col du Tourmalet”
  • Asturian: “Tourmalet”
  • Basque: “Tourmalet”
  • Breton: “ode Tourmalet”
  • Catalan: “Col du Tourmalet”
  • Catalan: “Coll del Tormalet”
  • Catalan: “Coll del Tourmalet”
  • Catalan: “Tormalet”
  • Catalan: “Tourmalet”
  • Cebuano: “Col du Tourmalet”
  • Chinese: “图尔马莱山口”
  • Czech: “Col du Tourmalet”
  • Danish: “Col du Tourmalet”
  • Dutch: “Col du Tourmalet”
  • Dutch: “Tourmalet”
  • Esperanto: “Montpasejo de Tourmalet”
  • Finnish: “Col du Tourmalet”
  • Finnish: “Tourmalet”
  • French: “col du Tourmalet”
  • French: “Col du Tourmalet”
  • French: “Tourmalet”
  • Galician: “Col du Tourmalet”
  • German: “Col du Tourmalet”
  • German: “Tourmalet”
  • Hebrew: “מעבר טורמאלה”
  • Hebrew: “קול דו טורמאלה”
  • Hungarian: “Tourmalet”
  • Italian: “Col du Tourmalet”
  • Italian: “Colle del Tourmalet”
  • Italian: “Tourmalet”
  • Japanese: “ツールマレー峠”
  • Japanese: “トゥールマレー峠”
  • Japanese: “トゥルマレ峠”
  • Latvian: “Col du Tourmalet”
  • Latvian: “Turmalē pāreja”
  • Macedonian: “Кол ди Турмале”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Col du Tourmalet”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Col du Tourmalet”
  • Norwegian: “Col du Tourmalet”
  • Persian: “گردنه تورماله”
  • Polish: “Col du Tourmalet”
  • Portuguese: “Col du Tourmalet”
  • Portuguese: “Passo do Tourmalet”
  • Portuguese: “Tourmalet”
  • Russian: “Коль дю Турмале”
  • Russian: “Коль-дю-Турмале”
  • Russian: “Турмале”
  • Slovenian: “Col du Tourmalet”
  • Spanish: “Col du Tourmalet”
  • Spanish: “Tourmalet”
  • Spanish: “Turmalet”
  • Swedish: “Col du Tourmalet”

Localities in the Area

Explore places such as Super Barèges and Boucle du Jardin des Isards.

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Bareges-tourmalet and Grand Tourmalet.

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