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The Pyrenees extend for about 491 km (305 mi) from the Bay of Biscay to the Mediterranean Sea (Cap de Creus). The highest mountain in the Pyrenees is Aneto in Spain at 3,404 metres (11,168 ft). The summits meeting the 3,000-metre criterion were defined by a UIAA-sponsored joint Franco-Spanish team led by Juan Buyse. [1]
Meteoblue (stylized as meteoblue) is a meteorological service created at the University of Basel, Switzerland. In 2006, Meteoblue was then founded as a spin-off company in order to serve customers especially in the area of agriculture as well as solar and wind power .
The Néouvielle massif is a group of mountains in the Pyrenees in France notable for its lakes and its microclimate.Much of the massif lies within the 23.13 square kilometres (8.93 sq mi) Néouvielle National Nature Reserve; this nature reserve was created in 1936 and is the third oldest in France.
In Greek mythology, Pyrene is a princess who gave her name to the Pyrenees. The Greek historian Herodotus says Pyrene is the name of a town in Celtic Europe. [5] According to Silius Italicus, [6] she was the virgin daughter of Bebryx, a king in Mediterranean Gaul by whom the hero Hercules was given hospitality during his quest to steal the cattle of Geryon [7] during his famous Labours.
Originally formed in the 1990s by Jordi Pujol, it was under the guidance of Pascual Maragall that the Pyrenees–Mediterranean Euroregion was created on 29 October 2004. It was founded as an instrument of political cooperation following an agreement between Aragon, Catalonia, the Balearic Islands and the former Languedoc-Roussillon and Midi-Pyrénées regions.
Prats de Mollo, important defensive castle of the 17th century facing south to the Pyrenees. Salses , important defensive castle of the 16th century, on the ancient frontier with Spain . Pyrénées-Orientales has two notable sports teams: USA Perpignan (rugby union) and Catalans Dragons (rugby league).
The Albères massif is located at the eastern end of the axial zone of the Pyrenees mountain range. This area is mainly made up of Paleozoic and older formations (dating from around 550 millions of years to around 300 millions of years) which outcrop in a broader range, running from west to east, from the Hautes-Pyrénées to the Canigou massif ...
The Great European Plain stretches from the Pyrenees mountains and the French coast of the Bay of Biscay in the west to the Russian Ural Mountains in the east, including parts of Belgium, the Netherlands, Germany, Denmark, Poland, Lithuania, Latvia, Estonia, Finland, Belarus, Ukraine, Moldova, Romania, Bulgaria, and Kazakhstan. [2]