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.
- Lagoon
- …lies at an elevation of 1 metre (3 feet)
- Description: lagoon in France
- Also known as“Estany de Salses”“Étang de Salces”“Etang de Salses-Leucate”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Font Estramar.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Port-Leucate and Garrieux.
Port-Leucate
Hamlet
Port-Leucate is a hamlet, which is situated 3½ km east of Étang de Leucate.
Garrieux
Hamlet
Garrieux is a hamlet, which is situated 5 km southwest of Étang de Leucate.
Le Barcarès
Village
Le Barcarès is a commune in the Pyrénées-Orientales… Le Barcarès is situated 7 km southeast of Étang de Leucate.
Étang de Leucate
- Category: body of water
- Location
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Latitude
42.85° or 42° 51′ north
Longitude
3° east
Open location code
8FJ5R2X2+X2
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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
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Dosse Gros and Dosse Petit.
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