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    Somport or Col du Somport, known also as the Aspe Pass or Canfranc Pass, (el. 1632 m.) is a mountain pass in the central Pyrenees on the border of France...
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    increases from west to east. The Central Pyrenees extend eastward from the Somport pass to the Aran Valley, and they include the highest summits of this range:...
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    ones are Gourette, Artouste, La Pierre Saint-Martin, Issarbe, Le Somport, Iraty or Somport-Candanchu. Many spas are located in the region, starting with...
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    Nationale 134 links the south of Pau with Somport in the Aspe Valley. Several mountain roads link Somport with Spain. Three railway lines serve Béarn...
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    started to penetrate the Iberian Peninsula through the Ways of St. James via Somport and Roncesvalles, settling in various locations in the Kingdoms of Navarre...
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    respite after the difficult crossing of the Pyrenees over the pass of Somport. It was founded between 1080 and 1090 by Sancho Ramírez, King of Aragón...
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    French–Spanish frontier at a different point, between the Pyrenees towns of Somport and Canfranc. This fourth route follows the Aragonese Way and joins the...
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    dividends to its shareholders. Its headquarters is located at Puerto de Somport Street, 23, Building A, Floor 1, 28050 Madrid. The company’s activity is...
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    railway station in the village of Canfranc in the Spanish Pyrenees. The Somport railway tunnel, inoperative since 1970, which carries the Pau–Canfranc...
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    by a protocol signed on 15 April 1908, which provided that the required Somport tunnel would be equipped with a 1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in) track, the gauge...
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    I, guards the border of the Pyrenees and protects access to the Col du Somport. Fort du Portalet is located on a cliff face underneath the Chemin de la...
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  • on the historical Camino de Santiago. Candanchú is 1 km from Puerto del Somport, on the border with France. The neighboring Astún ski resort is located...
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  • Way of St. James beginning at the French-Spanish border at the pass of Somport and joining the French Way (or Camino Francés) at Puente la Reina-Gares...
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  • project) Tunnels de San Pedro (8,930 m High-speed railway) Tunnel del Somport (8,608 m Road) Perthus Tunnel (8,350 m High-speed railway) Tunnel del AVE...
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    the Pyrenees into Spain at Roncesvalles (Valcarlos Pass) and Canfranc (Somport Pass) and then converge at Puente la Reina south of Pamplona. The French...
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    border. The Aragonese Way (Spanish: Camino Aragonés) comes down from the Somport pass in the Pyrenees and makes its way down through the old kingdom of...
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    Cherbourg N133 N134 Saugnacq-et-Muret - Mont-de-Marsan - Pau - col du Somport N135 Bar-le-Duc - Ligny-en-Barrois N136 Rennes N137 Saint-Malo - Rennes...
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    underground scientific facility located in the former railway tunnel of Somport under Monte Tobazo (Pyrenees) in Canfranc. The laboratory, 780 m deep and...
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    Valcarlos / Arnéguy Port of Larrau Col de la Pierre Saint-Martin Pas d'Arlas Somport Col du Pourtalet Port of Boucharo Aragnouet–Bielsa Tunnel Col du Portillon...
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    border with Spain on the Pyrenees. The frontier is crossed by the col du Somport (1,631 metres (5,351 feet)) and the col du Pourtalet (1,794 m (5,886 ft))...
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    Sagunto-Somport. Once fully complete, it will serve as an important connection between Valencia, Aragon, the Basque region, and France, through the Somport tunnel...
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    the High Speed Train (AVE), the construction of the new dual carriageway Somport-Sagunto and the promotion of the two airports in the Autonomous Community...
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    capitulated in 801. The main passes in the Pyrenees were Roncesvalles, Somport and La Jonquera. Charlemagne established across them the vassal regions...
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    Candanchú and Astún and near the French border (12 km. by the Tunnel of Somport). The old centre, the church of San Esteban (with a wooden 11th-century...
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    Sarkozy concerning the housing of 23 gendarmes tasked with guarding the Somport tunnel, which links France with Spain through the Pyrenees. The village...
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  • 40 Enasan  Japan (Japan Alps) 8.646 km (5.4 mi) 1975 2 Chūō Expressway Somport Tunnel [fr]  France -  Spain (Pyrenees) 8.608 km (5.3 mi) 2003 1 E07 Korgfjellet...
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    "Camino Francés. Etapa 3 por Somport: Etapa de Arrés a Ruesta". Eroski consumer (in Spanish). "Camino Francés. Etapa 4 por Somport: Etapa de Ruesta a Sangüesa"...
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    forms part of European Route E7. It connects with France at the Tunnel of Somport (12 km) with Huesca. It then becomes the Autovía A-23 to Zaragoza. It heads...
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    Toulouse region and linking though the Béarn region, via Lescar-Oloron to Somport, Spain, and the Spanish Pyrénées. The 3 linked Saint James ways proceed...
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  • Porté-Puymorens: 12 ski lifts Puyvalador: 7 ski lifts Saint-Lary-Soulan: 32 ski lifts Somport: 34 km of cross-country skiing Superbagnères: 15 ski lifts, 3 km of cross-country...
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