Lavedan
Sign in to saveThe Lavedan (; in Gascon eth/lo Lavedan, /et/lu laβedã/), or occasionally vallées des Gaves, denotes a mountainous natural region of France, located at the heart of the Pyrénées, and forms a group of valleys upstream of Lourdes.
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The Lavedan (; in Gascon eth/lo Lavedan, /et/lu laβedã/), or occasionally vallées des Gaves, denotes a mountainous natural region of France, located at the heart of the Pyrénées, and forms a group of valleys upstream of Lourdes.
The Lavedan is historically part of the Gascony province and of the county of Bigorre. Today, it is situated in the Hautes-Pyrénées department in the Occitanie region.
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Aragon
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Pyrenees
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Occitania
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Hautes-Pyrénées
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mountain pass
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Lourdes
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Gascony
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Adour
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Argelès-Gazost
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Cauterets
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Adast
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Agos-Vidalos
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Arras-en-Lavedan
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Barèges
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