Latour-de-Carol
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Commune of Latour-de-Carol |
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| Administration | |
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| Country | France |
| Region | Languedoc-Roussillon |
| Department | Pyrénées-Orientales |
| Arrondissement | Prades |
| Canton | Saillagouse |
| Intercommunality | Communauté de communes de Pyrénées Cerdagne |
| Mayor | Albert Truno (2001-2008) |
| Statistics | |
| Elevation | 1,209 m–2,080 m (avg. 1,248 m) |
| Land area¹ | 12.63 km² |
| Population² (1999) |
367 |
| - Density | 29/km² (1999) |
| Miscellaneous | |
| 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 sans doubles comptes: residents of multiple communes (e.g. students and military personnel) only counted once. | |
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Latour-de-Carol (Catalan: La Tor de Querol) is a village and commune in the Pyrénées-Orientales department and Languedoc-Roussillon region of France. It had a population in 1999 of 367.
[edit] Transport
The village's main claim to fame is as the site of the international railway station, Latour-de-Carol Enveitg (Catalan: La Tor de Querol-Enveig). This station is the terminus of three lines, all with different gauges:
- the Spanish state operator RENFE's 1688-mm gauge line running north from Barcelona via Ripoll
- the French state operator SNCF's 1435-mm gauge line running south from Toulouse via Foix
- SNCF's 1000-mm gauge line (known as the Yellow Train) running west from Villefranche-de-Conflent
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