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The Pyrenees ( Spanish Pirineos, French Pyrénées, Catalan Pirineus, Basque Auñamendi) are a range of mountains in southwest Europe that form a natural border between France and Spain. They separate the Iberian Peninsula from France, and extend for about 430km from the Bay of Biscay on the Atlantic Ocean to Cap de Creus on the Mediterranean Sea.
For the most part the main crest forms the Franco-Spanish frontier, with the principality of AndorraAndorra is a very small landlocked principality in southwestern Europe, located in the eastern Pyrenees mountains and bordered by France and Spain. Once isolated, it is currently a prosperous country mainly because of tourism and its status as a tax haven sandwiched between them. The principal exception to this rule is formed by the Val d'AranVal d'Aran Other Catalan comarques Province Lleida Capital Vielha Largest city Vielha e Mijaran Demonym ( Catalan, Aranese)Aranes Demonym ( English)Aranese Population ( 1996)7,130 Area620. 47 km2 Pop. density''nn hab/km2 Municipalities9 Tercons''6 Val d'A, which belongs to Spain but lies on the north face of the range. Other minor orographicalOrography is the average height of land, measured in geopotential meters, over a certain domain. In geoscientific models, such as general circulation models, orography defines the lower boundary (except where there is ocean, of course). Because orography anomalies include the Cerdanya fall and the Spanish exclaveAn exclave is a territory that belongs to a political entity but is not connected to it by land (islands are not counted) and is surrounded by other political entities. A good example is the region around the Russian city Kaliningrad. It belongs to the Ru of the town LlíviaLlivia is a town of the Cerdanya, Girona province, Catalonia that forms a Spanish exclave surrounded by French territory ( Pyrenees-Orientales departement . The Treaty of the Pyrenees ( 1659) ceded the comarques of Roussillon, Conflent, Capcir, Vallespir,.
Composite sattellite image of the Pyrenees ( NASAThe National Aeronautics and Space Administration NASA (established 1958) is the government agency responsible for the United States of America's space program and long-term general aerospace research. A civilian organization, it conducts (or oversees) re) The Pyrenees are part of the following French départementThe departements (or departments) are administrative units of France, roughly analogous to British counties and are now grouped into 22 metropolitan and four overseas regions''. They are subdivided into 342 arrondissements''. Departements are also found is, from West to East: Pyrénées-AtlantiquesPyrenees-Atlantiques Details Information Number64 Region Aquitaine Prefecture Pau Subprefecture Bayonne Oloron-Sainte-Marie Population Total 1999 Density Ranked 37th 600,018 78 /km² Area7,645 km² Arrondissements 3 Cantons 52 Communes 547 President of the, Hautes-Pyrénées, Haute-Garonne, Ariège, Pyrénées-Orientales, Aude.
The Pyrenees are typically divided into three sections: the Central, the Atlantic or Western, and the Eastern.
The Central Pyrenees extend eastward from the Port de Canfranc to the Val d'Aran, and include the highest summits of the range:
In the Atlantic Pyrenees the average elevation gradually decreases from east to west. In the Eastern Pyrenees, with the exception of one break at the eastern extremity of the Pyrénées Ariégeoises, the mean elevation is maintained with remarkable uniformity until a sudden decline occurs in the portion of the chain known as the Albères.
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