portion of the mountain range between the Spanish Pyrenees and French Pyrenees. Physiographically, the Pyrenees may be divided into three sections: the Atlantic...

political decisions. On 10 October 1969, Basses-Pyrénées was renamed Pyrénées-Atlantiques. Pyrénées-Atlantiques is part of the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region...

in the French Alps and the Pyrenees, protecting flocks from predation by wolves and bears. It is known as the Great Pyrenees in the United States, where...

Gavarnie Cantons of the Hautes-Pyrénées department Communes of the Hautes-Pyrénées department Arrondissements of the Hautes-Pyrénées department "Répertoire national...

Hautes-Pyrénées (Bigorre), Lanas in the neighboring region, and parts of other departments of the two regions of Aquitània and Midi-Pyrénées (Comenge...

979. Some parts of the Pyrénées-Orientales (like the Cerdagne) are part of the Iberian Peninsula. It is named after the Pyrenees mountain range. Prior...

border with Spain was fixed at the Pyrenees. However, the treaty stipulated only that all "villages" north of the Pyrenees should become part of France. Because...

The Castle of the Pyrenees (Le Château des Pyrénées) is an oil on canvas painting by the Belgian surrealist René Magritte, completed in 1959. The painting...

arrondissements. It is named after the nearby rue des Pyrénées, which is named after the Pyrenees mountains. The station opened as part of the original...

region for Lyon. Historically, Midi-Pyrénées is made up of several former French provinces: 24.2% of the Midi-Pyrénées territory formed part of Gascony:...