Étang de Leucate
Étang de Leucate or Étang de Salses is a lake in Pyrénées-Orientales and Aude, France. At an elevation of 0 m, its surface area is 54 km2. It has been designated as a protected Ramsar site since 2017.Photo: Leguy, CC BY-SA 3.0.
- Type: Lagoon
- Description: lagoon in France
- Also known as: “Estany de Salses”, “Etang de Leucate”, “Étang de Salces”, and “Etang de Salses-Leucate”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Font d’Estramar.
Font d’Estramar
Photo: Swisscoucou, CC BY 3.0.
Font d’Estramar is situated 3½ km west of Étang de Leucate.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Garrieux and Le Barcarès.
Garrieux
Hamlet
Photo: Culex, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Garrieux is a hamlet, which is situated 5 km southwest of Étang de Leucate.
Le Barcarès
Village
Photo: Martine SODAIGUI, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Le Barcarès is a commune in the Pyrénées-Orientales department in southern France bordering the Mediterranean Sea. Le Barcarès is situated 7 km southeast of Étang de Leucate.
Salses-le-Château
Village
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
Salses-le-Château or just Salses is a commune in the Pyrénées-Orientales department in southern France. It is located north of the city of Perpignan. It is traditionally considered as the northernmost point of the Catalan Countries. Salses-le-Château is situated 7 km west of Étang de Leucate.
Étang de Leucate
- Category: body of water
- Location: France, Europe
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Basque to Venetian—“Étang de Leucate” goes by many names.
- Basque: “Leucateko urmaela”
- Catalan: “estany de Leucata”
- Catalan: “estany de Salses-Leucata”
- Catalan: “estany de Salses”
- Catalan: “Estany de Salses”
- Catalan: “salanca de Salses”
- Dutch: “Étang de Leucate”
- French: “Etang de Leucate”
- French: “étang de Leucate”
- French: “Étang de Leucate”
- French: “Étang de Salses-Leucate”
- French: “Étang de Salses”
- German: “Étang de Leucate ou de Salses”
- German: “Etang de Leucate”
- German: “Étang de Leucate”
- Italian: “stagno di Leucate”
- Japanese: “ルカート湖”
- Occitan (post 1500): “Estanh de Leucata”
- Russian: “Лёкат (озеро)”
- Russian: “Лёкат”
- Spanish: “Estanque de leucate”
- Spanish: “Estanque de Salses”
- Spanish: “Lago de Leucate”
- Spanish: “Lago de Salses”
- Spanish: “Laguna de Leucate”
- Ukrainian: “Лагуна Лекат”
- Ukrainian: “Лагуна Сальз-Лекат”
- Ukrainian: “Лагуна Сальз”
- Ukrainian: “Лагуна Сальс”
- Ukrainian: “Сальз-Лекат”
- Ukrainian: “Сальз-Люкат”
- Venetian: “Laguna de Leucate”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Port-Leucate and Cabanes de Fitou.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Dosse Gros and Dosse Petit.
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