Candanchú

Candanchú is a ski resort situated near the town of in the High Aragon of the western , in the province of Huesca, . The name of the area is an adaptation of the French "Camp d'Anjou", as it was originally the site of a military camp of the French Angevin dynasty.
Wikipedia
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  • Type: Hamlet with 95 residents
  • Description: ski resort in Spain
  • Also known as: “Candanchu” and “Candanchú ski resort”
  • Postal code: 22889

Places of Interest

Highlights include Somport and Hospital de Somport.

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is a mountain pass in the central Pyrenees on the border of France and Spain. It lies on the French Way of the Way of Saint James. The pass is the end of the Via Tolosana and the starting point of the Aragonese Way.

Protected area
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is a protected area.

Fort
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is a fort, which is situated 2½ km southeast of Candanchú.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Canfranc-Estación and Canfranc.

Village
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is a village, which is situated 4 km south of Candanchú.

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is in , . It consists of two villages, the original village, which has fewer than 100 residents, and Estación, which developed with the establishment of international railway station to serve railway traffic across the Pyrenees.

Candanchú

Latitude
42.78536° or 42° 47′ 7″ north
Longitude
-0.52665° or 0° 31′ 36″ west
Population
95
Elevation
1,526 metres (5,007 feet)
United Nations Location Code
ES KCH
Open location code
8CJXQFPF+48
Open­Street­Map ID
node 251164135
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­hamlet
Geo­Names ID
6544338
Wiki­data ID
Q588136
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Swedish—“Candanchú” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “كاندانتشو”
  • Aragonese: “Candanchú”
  • Basque: “Candanchú”
  • Basque: “Kandantxu”
  • Catalan: “Candanchú”
  • Cebuano: “Candanchú ski resort”
  • Dutch: “Candanchú”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “منتجع كاندانشو للتزلج”
  • French: “Candanchú”
  • Galician: “Candanchú”
  • German: “Candanchú”
  • Hungarian: “Candanchú”
  • Japanese: “カンダンチュ”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “Camp d’Anjau”
  • Romanian: “Candanchú”
  • Spanish: “Candanchu”
  • Spanish: “Candanchú”
  • Swedish: “Candanchú ski resort”

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