Latour-de-Carol |
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Latour-de-Carol
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Country | France |
Region | Languedoc-Roussillon |
Department | Pyrénées-Orientales |
Arrondissement | Prades |
Canton | Saillagouse |
Intercommunality | Pyrénées Cerdagne |
Mayor | Albert Truno (2001–2008) |
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Elevation | 1,209–2,080 m (3,967–6,820 ft) (avg. 1,248 m/4,094 ft) |
Land area1 | 12.63 km2 (4.88 sq mi) |
Population2 | 419 (2006) |
- Density | 33 /km2 (85 /sq mi) |
INSEE/Postal code | 66095/ 66760 |
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. | |
2 Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once. |
Latour-de-Carol (Catalan: La Tor de Querol) is a commune in the Pyrénées-Orientales department in southern France.
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The village's main claim to fame is as the site of the international railway station, Gare de Latour-de-Carol-Enveitg (Catalan: La Tor de Querol-Enveig). This station is the terminus of three lines, all with different gauges:
As the French and Spanish tracks are different gauges, no trains run the whole way from Toulouse to Barcelona. Passengers have to change trains, which are scheduled to offer direct connections. Occasional freight-trains cross the border and are worked to Puigcerda, where freight is transfered. The double-track line to Puigcerda consists of two separate tracks with different gauges and electrified at different currents.
European route E09 and part of the Route nationale 20 connects Latour-de-Carol with Bourg-Madame (near the border with Spain) and Foix.