Lac de Villeneuve-de-la-Raho
Lac de Villeneuve-de-la-Raho is a lake in the town of Villeneuve-de-la-Raho in Pyrénées-Orientales, France. The lake lies in a deflation pan. That is a natural, circular, shallow depression caused by the removal of fairly loose, mainly Pliocene, sediment by wind erosion, during very cold, windy phases of the Quaternary period.- Lake
- …is also known as “Retenue de Villeneuve-de-la-Raho”
- Description: lake in France
Places of Interest
Highlights include Réart and Chapelle Saint-Julien-et-Sainte-Basilisse de Villeneuve-de-la-Raho.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Elne and Bages.
Bages
Village
Bages is a commune in the Pyrénées-Orientales department in southern France.
Pollestres
Village
Pollestres is a commune in the Pyrénées-Orientales department in southern France.
Lac de Villeneuve-de-la-Raho
- Category: body of water
- Location
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Latitude
42.6307° or 42° 37′ 51″ north
Longitude
2.9029° or 2° 54′ 10″ east
Open location code
8FJ4JWJ3+75
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
natural=water
OpenStreetMap feature
water=lake
Wikidata ID
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In Other Languages
From Catalan to French—“Lac de Villeneuve-de-la-Raho” goes by many names.
- Catalan: “estany de Vilanova de Raó”
- Catalan: “estany de Vilanova de Raò”
- Catalan: “Estany de Vilanova de Raò”
- Catalan: “estany de Vilanova”
- Catalan: “Llac de la Raò”
- Catalan: “llac de Raó”
- Catalan: “llac de Raò”
- Catalan: “llac de Vilanova de Raó”
- Catalan: “llac de Vilanova de Raò”
- Dutch: “Lac de Villeneuve-de-la-Raho”
- Egyptian Arabic: “بحيره لاك د ڤيلينيوڤ د لا راهو”
- French: “lac de la Raho”
- French: “lac de Villeneuve-de-la-Raho”
- French: “Lac de Villeneuve-de-la-Raho”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Val Marie and Barrère.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Base Nautique and Tennis Club Villeneuve-de-la-Raho.
Pyrénées-Orientales: Highlights
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