Mont-Louis Solar Furnace

The Mont-Louis Solar Furnace is an experimental solar furnace - a solar thermal energy facility that was built in 1949. It was the first facility of its kind in the world, and was a precursor of the . It provides a thermal power of 50 kW.
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  • Opening hours:
    September—June: Monday—Friday 11:00 AM—noon and 2:00 PM—5:00 PM
    July—August: 10:00 AM—1:00 PM and 2:00 PM—6:00 PM
  • Type: Tourist attraction
  • Description: solar thermal energy

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Église Saint-Louis de Mont-Louis and Mont-Louis–La Cabanasse station.

Church
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is a church, which is situated 160 metres northeast of Mont-Louis Solar Furnace.

Railway station
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Mont-Louis–La Cabanasse is a railway station in , Pyrenées-Orientales, southern France. Within TER Occitanie, it is part of line 32. is situated 1 km southwest of Mont-Louis Solar Furnace.

Church
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is a church, which is situated 790 metres east of Mont-Louis Solar Furnace.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include La Cabanasse and Saint-Pierre-dels-Forcats.

Village
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is a commune in the department in southern .

Village
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is a commune in the department in southern .

Village
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is a commune in the department in southern .

Mont-Louis Solar Furnace

Latitude
42.50745° or 42° 30′ 27″ north
Longitude
2.12109° or 2° 7′ 16″ east
Inception
20th century
Open location code
8FJ4G44C+XC
Open­Street­Map ID
node 974277876
Open­Street­Map feature
tourism=­attraction
Wiki­data ID
Q3080015
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Russian—“Mont-Louis Solar Furnace” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “الفرن الشمسي في مونت لويس”
  • Catalan: “forn solar de Montlluís”
  • Catalan: “Forn solar de Montlluís”
  • Croatian: “Sunčeva peć Mont-Louis”
  • French: “four solaire de Mont-Louis”
  • French: “Four solaire de Mont-Louis”
  • Russian: “Мон-Луиская солнечная печь”

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Four solaire and Aire de Camping Car des Remparts de Mont-Louis.

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