Col d’Ares
Col d'Ares or Coll d'Ares is a mountain pass in the Pyrenees on the border between France and Spain. It connects Prats-de-Mollo in France with Molló in Catalonia, Spain.Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
- Type: Mountain saddle with an elevation of 1,511 metres
- Description: Pyrenees mountain pass on the border between France and Spain
- Also known as: “Coll d’Ares”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Mont Falgars and Chapelle Sainte-Marguerite du col d’Ares.
Chapelle Sainte-Marguerite du col d’Ares
Church
Photo: Jordiipa, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Chapelle Sainte-Marguerite du col d’Ares is a church.
Ermitage Notre-Dame-du-Coral
Church
Photo: Jordiipa, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Ermitage Notre-Dame-du-Coral is a church.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Rocabruna and Prats-de-Mollo-la-Preste.
Prats-de-Mollo-la-Preste
Village
Photo: Palauenc05, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Prats-de-Mollo-la-Preste is a commune in the Pyrénées-Orientales department in southern France, near the border with Spain and the Autonomous Community of Catalonia.
Molló
Col d’Ares
- Categories: mountain pass and landform
- Location: Girona, Catalonia, Eastern Spain, Spain, Iberia, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
42.36701° or 42° 22′ 1″ northLongitude
2.4563° or 2° 27′ 23″ eastElevation
1,511 metres (4,957 feet)Open location code
8FJ49F84+RGOpenStreetMap ID
node 8536215874OpenStreetMap feature
natural=saddle
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Satellite Map
Discover Col d’Ares from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
In Other Languages
From Basque to Swedish—“Col d’Ares” goes by many names.
- Basque: “Ares mendatea”
- Basque: “Coll d’Ares”
- Catalan: “coll d’Ares”
- Catalan: “Coll d’Ares”
- Cebuano: “Coll d’Ares”
- Dutch: “Col d’Ares”
- Dutch: “Coll d’Ares”
- French: “col d’Ares”
- French: “Col d’Ares”
- French: “Coll d’Ares”
- German: “Col d’Ares”
- German: “Coll d’Ares”
- Italian: “colle di Ares”
- Occitan (post 1500): “coll d’Ares”
- Portuguese: “Coll d’Ares”
- Spanish: “Col de Ares”
- Swedish: “Coll d’Ares”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Solana del Coll d’Ares and la Baga.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Puig de Montesquiu and Coll de les Moles.
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