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unusual facts about French Pyrenees



Fernanda Eberstadt

In 1998, Eberstadt went to live on a vineyard in the French Pyrenees, outside the city of Perpignan.

Nicole Peyrafitte

She was born in Luchon (French Pyrenees) into the 5th generation of a family of restaurateurs and received her early cooking training from her grandfather Joseph Peyrafitte, a renowned chef.

Port de Lers

The Port de Lers (or Port de l'Hers or Port de Massat, 1,517 m.) is a high mountain pass in the French Pyrenees in the department of Ariège, between the communities of Aulus-les-Bains (west), Massat (north) and Vicdessos (east).


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Charivari

In the mid-16th century, historic records attest to a charivari against Martin Guerre in the small village of Artigat in the French Pyrenees for that reason.

Lherzolite

The name is derived from the Lherz Massif, an alpine peridotite complex (also known as orogenic lherzolite complex), (the type locality) at Étang de Lers, near Massat in the French Pyrenees; Lherz is the archaic spelling of this location.

Madani Bouhouche

He moved to the French Pyrenees, living isolated in the small city of Fougax-et-Barrineuf, being responsible for a rental accommodation of an old friend, Alain Weykamp.

Pic du Midi

Pic du Midi de Bigorre - A mountain in the French Pyrenees famous for its astronomical observatory.

Pyrénée

Pyrénée is a 1998 French feral child graphic novel (bande dessinée) by Regis Loisel and Philippe Sternis, about a girl who is brought up in the mountains of the French Pyrenees by a bear.

Stellar magnetic field

The first instrument to be dedicated to the study of stellar magnetic fields was NARVAL, which was mounted on the Bernard Lyot Telescope at the Pic du Midi de Bigorre in the French Pyrenees mountains.