Contrafort de Panissars
Contrafort de Panissars is a fort in Le Perthus, Arrondissement of Céret, Occitanie. Contrafort de Panissars is situated nearby to Fort de Bellegarde, as well as near the mountain saddle Col de Panissars.Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Fort de Bellegarde and Col de Panissars.
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. Fort de Bellegarde is situated 290 metres north of Contrafort de Panissars.
Col de Panissars
Mountain saddle
Photo: Toni Hermoso Pulido, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Col de Panissars is a mountain saddle.
Église Saint-Louis Roi du Perthus
Church
Photo: Culex, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Église Saint-Louis Roi du Perthus is a church, which is situated 1 km north of Contrafort de Panissars.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Els Límits and Le Perthus.
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.
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.
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 4 km northeast of Contrafort de Panissars.
Contrafort de Panissars
- Type: Fort
- Categories: tourist attraction and tourism
- Location: Le Perthus, Arrondissement of Céret, Pyrénées-Orientales, Occitanie, France, Europe
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Latitude
42.45609° or 42° 27′ 22″ northLongitude
2.86049° or 2° 51′ 38″ eastElevation
392 metres (1,286 feet)Open location code
8FJ4FV46+C5GeoNames ID
6690973
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