Col du Perthus
The Pertús pass is one of the passes that allow you to cross the Pyrenees. At only 290 m above sea level, it connects the Catalan regions of Alt Empordà and Vallespir.Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
- Type: Pass with an elevation of 285 metres
- Description: mountain pass on the France–Spain border
- Also known as: “Coll del Pertus”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Église Saint-Louis Roi du Perthus and Fort de Bellegarde.
Église Saint-Louis Roi du Perthus
Church
Photo: Culex, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Église Saint-Louis Roi du Perthus is a church.
Fort de Bellegarde
Photo: Doronenko, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Fort de Bellegarde is a 17th-century bastion fortification located above the town of Le Perthus, in the Pyrénées-Orientales département of southern France.
Col de Panissars
Mountain saddle
Photo: Toni Hermoso Pulido, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Col de Panissars is a mountain saddle.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Le Perthus and Els Límits.
Le Perthus
Village
Photo: Toniher, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Le Perthus is a commune in the Pyrénées-Orientales department in southern France. Natives of Le Perthus are called Perthusiens and, in 2021, there were 560 inhabitants. Le Perthus is also one of French territories on the Iberian Peninsula.
Els Límits
Village
Photo: Toniher, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Els Límits is a Spanish village, a civil parish of the municipality of La Jonquera, situated in the province of Girona, Catalonia, in Spain. As of 2005 its population was of 115. Its Spanish name is Los Límites.
L’Albère
Village
Photo: El Caro, CC BY-SA 3.0.
L'Albère is a commune in the Pyrénées-Orientales department in southern France. L’Albère is situated 3½ km northeast of Col du Perthus.
Col du Perthus
- Categories: mountain saddle, mountain pass, and landform
- Location: Le Perthus, Arrondissement of Céret, Pyrénées-Orientales, Occitanie, France, Europe
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Catalan to Polish—“Col du Perthus” goes by many names.
- Catalan: “coll del Pertús”
- Catalan: “Coll del Pertús”
- Catalan: “Port de muntanya del Pertús”
- Cebuano: “Coll del Pertús”
- Dutch: “Col du Perthus (Pyreneeen)”
- Dutch: “Col du Perthus”
- French: “col du Perthus”
- French: “Col du perthus”
- French: “Col du Perthus”
- French: “Col Du Perthus”
- Italian: “Colle del Perthus”
- Japanese: “ペルテュ峠”
- Japanese: “ペルトゥス峠”
- Polish: “Col du Perthus”
- Polish: “Coll del Pertús”
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