Roussillon

Roussillon was a historical province of France that largely corresponded to the County of Roussillon and part of the County of Cerdagne of the former Principality of Catalonia.
  • Region with about 450,000 residents
  • …lies at an elevation of around 2,250 metres (7,370 feet)
  • …is also known as “Rosellón”
  • Description: former province of France

Places of Interest

Highlights include Tretzevents and Pic Gallinasse.
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Places in the Area

Nearby places include Valmanya.
is a commune in the department in southern . is situated 5 km northeast of Roussillon.
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Latitude
42.5° or 42° 30′ north
Longitude
2.5° or 2° 30′ east
Open location code
8FJ4GG22+22
Geo­Names ID
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Venetian—“Roussillon” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “روسيون”
  • Aragonese: “Rosellón”
  • Armenian: “Ռոսելյո”
  • Armenian: “Ռուսիլյոն”
  • Asturian: “Rosselló”
  • Belarusian: “Русільён, гістарычная вобласць”
  • Belarusian: “Русільён”
  • Bulgarian: “Русийон”
  • Catalan: “Catalunya del Nord”
  • Catalan: “Catalunya Nord”
  • Catalan: “província del Rosselló”
  • Catalan: “Rosselló”
  • Catalan: “Rosseló”
  • Chinese: “魯西永”
  • Chinese: “鲁西永”
  • Czech: “Roussillon”
  • Danish: “Roussillon”
  • Dutch: “Roussillon (provincie)”
  • Dutch: “Roussillon”
  • Esperanto: “Rusiliono”
  • Esperanto: “Rusiljono”
  • Estonian: “Roussillon”
  • Finnish: “Roussillon”
  • French: “Province du Roussillon”
  • French: “Roussillon”
  • German: “Roussillon”
  • Greek: “Ρουσιγιόν”
  • Hebrew: “רוסיון”
  • Hungarian: “province de Roussillon”
  • Hungarian: “província del Rosselló”
  • Hungarian: “Rosselló”
  • Hungarian: “Roussillon”
  • Indonesian: “Roussillon”
  • Irish: “Roussillon”
  • Italian: “Rossiglione”
  • Japanese: “ルシヨン”
  • Korean: “루시용”
  • Ligurian: “Rosciggion”
  • Lithuanian: “Rusijonas”
  • Macedonian: “Русијон”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Roussillon”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Roussillon”
  • Norwegian: “Roussillon”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “Rosselhon”
  • Ossetian: “Руссильон”
  • Persian: “روسیون”
  • Polish: “Roussillon”
  • Portuguese: “Rossilhão”
  • Russian: “Руссильон (провинция)”
  • Russian: “Руссильон”
  • Sardinian: “Catalogna Nord”
  • Slovenian: “Roussillon”
  • Spanish: “Cataluña Francesa”
  • Spanish: “Provincia del Rosellón”
  • Spanish: “Rosellón”
  • Swedish: “Roussillon”
  • Turkish: “Roussillon”
  • Ukrainian: “Руссильйон”
  • Ukrainian: “Руссільйон”
  • Urdu: “روسیون”
  • Uzbek: “Roussillon (Vaucluse)”
  • Venetian: “Provinsa del Rosejon”

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Highlights include Serre de Roc Nègre and Cincreus.

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