Pyrénées-Orientales
Arrondissement of Prades
Font-Romeu-Odeillo-Via

Odeillo solar furnace

The Odeillo solar furnace is the world's largest solar furnace. It is situated in , in the department of , in the south of .
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  • Type: Tourist attraction
  • Description: solar furnace
  • Also known as: “Megawatt solar furnace”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Font-Romeu-Odeillo-Via station and Église Saint-Martin d’Odeillo.

Railway station
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
Font-Romeu-Odeillo-Via is a railway station in , Pyrenées-Orientales, southern France. Within TER Occitanie, it is part of line 32. is situated 800 metres east of Odeillo solar furnace.

Church
Photo: jordi domènech, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a church, which is situated 560 metres northeast of Odeillo solar furnace.

Church
Photo: jordi domènech, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a church, which is situated 1 km southeast of Odeillo solar furnace.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Odelló and Font-Romeu-Odeillo-Via.

Hamlet
Photo: Jack ma, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a hamlet.

Village
Photo: Paulmulder, CC BY-SA 3.0.
, or simply Odeillo, is a commune in the and Cerdagne near the Spanish border in the south of . It comprises the villages of Odeillo and Via, as well as Font-Romeu, one of the oldest ski resorts in and the oldest in the .

Hamlet
Photo: jordi domènech, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a hamlet.

Odeillo solar furnace

Latitude
42.49374° or 42° 29′ 38″ north
Longitude
2.02934° or 2° 1′ 46″ east
Open location code
8FJ4F2VH+FP
Open­Street­Map ID
way 62515030
Open­Street­Map feature
building=­yes
Open­Street­Map feature
tourism=­attraction
Wiki­data ID
Q782033
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Swedish—“Odeillo solar furnace” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “الفرن الشمسي في أوديلو”
  • Catalan: “forn solar d’Odelló”
  • Catalan: “Forn solar d’Odelló”
  • Danish: “Odeillo-solovnen”
  • Dutch: “Odeillo solar furnace”
  • French: “four solaire d’Odeillo”
  • French: “Four solaire d’Odeillo”
  • German: “Megawatt-Solarofen”
  • German: “Sonnenofen von Odeillo”
  • Hebrew: “תנור סולארי אודייו”
  • Italian: “centrale solare termodinamica di Odeillo”
  • Italian: “Forno solare di Odeillo”
  • Japanese: “メガワット太陽炉”
  • Polish: “piec słoneczny w Odeillo”
  • Polish: “piec solarny w Odeillo”
  • Russian: “Одейлийская солнечная печь”
  • Slovak: “Slnečná pec v Odeillo”
  • Spanish: “Horno solar de Odeillo”
  • Swedish: “Odeillo-solugnen”

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Héliodyssée and Edifici de les cases solars Trombe-Michel.

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Odeillo solar furnace”. Photo: Rabatakeu, CC BY-SA 3.0.