Pyrénées - Mont Perdu
Also known as Pyrénées – Mont Perdu World Heritage Site
Category
Mixed
Inscribed under criteria (iii), (iv), (v), (vii), (viii).
Region
Europe and North America
Spain, France
Inscribed
1997
Area
30,639 ha
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Location
Where it sits, and what is around it
Pyrénées - Mont Perdu is about 65 km south of Tarbes. The nearest other World Heritage site is Vall de Boí Churches, about 65 km away.
Nearest towns and cities
- Tarbes · about 55,000 peopleabout 65 km north
- Andorra · about 54,000 peopleabout 120 km east
- Zaragoza · about 649,000 peopleabout 140 km south-west
- Pamplona · about 275,000 peopleabout 140 km west
- Toulouse · about 847,000 peopleabout 160 km north-east
- Biarritz · about 145,000 peopleabout 160 km north-west
Nearby World Heritage sites
The nearest neighbours, as the crow flies
SpainCultural64 km away
AndorraCultural128 km away
FranceCultural154 km away
SpainCultural165 km away
SpainCultural198 km away
Further resources
The official record, while our own profile is in hand
The official record
- World Heritage Centre page for this sitewhc.unesco.org
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