Font-Romeu-Odeillo-Via

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Coordinates: 42°29′54″N 2°02′05″E / 42.4983333333, 2.03472222222

Commune of Font-Romeu-Odeillo-Via

Solar furnace in Odeillo

Location
Font-Romeu-Odeillo-Via (France)
Font-Romeu-Odeillo-Via
Administration
Country France
Region Languedoc-Roussillon
Department Pyrénées-Orientales
Arrondissement Prades
Canton Saillagouse
Mayor Pierre Bosselut
(2001-2008)
Statistics
Elevation 1,312 m–2,212 m
(avg. 1,800 m)
Land area¹ 29.60 km²
Population²
(1999)
2,003
 - Density 67/km² (1999)
Miscellaneous
INSEE/Postal code 66124/ 66120
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.
2 Population sans doubles comptes: residents of multiple communes (e.g. students and military personnel) only counted once.
France

Font-Romeu-Odeillo-Via (Catalan: Font Romeu, Odelló i Vià) is a commune of the Pyrénées-Orientales département (Northern Catalonia), in southwestern France.

It is noted as the site of the world's largest solar furnace, in Odeillo.

[edit] Transportation

Font-Romeu-Odeillo-Via is served by the Yellow train line, a railway which runs from Villefranche-de-Conflent through to Mont-Louis.

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