19 March 2025 | Author/Destination: European Union / Europäische Union | Category: General, UNESCO World Heritage
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Saint-Guilhem-le-Désert (
Occitan: Sant Guilhèm dau Desèrt) is a
commune in the
Hérault department in the
Occitania region in
Southern France. Situated where the Gellone river’s narrow valley meets the steep-sided gorge of the river
Hérault, Saint-Guilhem-le-Désert is essentially a medieval village located on the Chemin de Saint-Jacques (
Way of St James) pilgrim route to
Santiago de Compostella.
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21 November 2024 | Author/Destination: European Union / Europäische Union | Category: General
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Saorge (
Royasc: Sauèrge;
Brigasc: Savurgë; standard
Ligurian: Savurgiu;
Italian: Saorgio;
Occitan: Saorj) is a
commune in the
Alpes-Maritimes department in southeastern
France. It is a member of
Les Plus Beaux Villages de France (
The Most Beautiful Villages of France) Association. Highway E74 which runs north from
Menton, passes through Saorge on its way to the
Col de Tende (Italian: Colle di Tenda) where it crosses into Italy. The local spoken
regiolect is a form of the
Royasc dialect.
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25 April 2024 | Author/Destination: European Union / Europäische Union | Category: General, UNESCO World Heritage
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Saint-Jean-Pied-de-Port (literally “Saint John [at the] Foot of [the] Pass”;
Basque: Donibane Garazi;
Spanish: San Juan Pie de Puerto) is a
commune in the
Pyrénées-Atlantiques department in south-western France. It is close to Ostabat in the Pyrenean foothills. The town is also the old capital of the traditional
Basque province of
Lower Navarre. Saint-Jean-Pied-de-Port is also a starting point for the
French Way Camino Francés, the most popular option for travelling the
Camino de Santiago. In 1998, the
Porte St-Jacques (city gate) was added to the
UNESCO World Heritage Sites as part of the sites along the
Routes of Santiago de Compostela in France.
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23 November 2023 | Author/Destination: European Union / Europäische Union | Category: General
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Najac is a
commune in the
Aveyron department in southern
France.
Najac station has rail connections to Toulouse, Figeac and Aurillac.
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20 September 2023 | Author/Destination: European Union / Europäische Union | Category: General
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Beuvron-en-Auge is a
commune in the
Calvados department and
Normandy region of north-western
France.
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13 September 2023 | Author/Destination: European Union / Europäische Union | Category: General
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Gerberoy is a
commune in the
Oise department in northern
France, in the old
pays of
Beauvaisis.
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25 April 2023 | Author/Destination: European Union / Europäische Union | Category: General
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Eguisheim is a
commune in the
Haut-Rhin department in
Grand Est in north-eastern
France. It lies in the historical region of
Alsace. The village lies on the edge of the
Ballons des Vosges Nature Park, where the
Vosges meet the
Upper Rhine Plain. Eguisheim is about 7 kilometres (4 mi) from
Colmar.
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24 April 2023 | Author/Destination: European Union / Europäische Union | Category: General
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Belcastel is a
commune in the
Aveyron department in the
Occitania region in
Southern France. In 2019, it had a population of 195.
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19 April 2023 | Author/Destination: European Union / Europäische Union | Category: General, UNESCO World Heritage
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Conques (
Languedocien:
Concas) is a former
commune in the
Aveyron department in
Southern France, in the
Occitania region. On 1 January 2016, it was merged into the new commune of
Conques-en-Rouergue.
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