Col du Tourmalet

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D918, 65120 Barèges, France

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N42° 54' 29.5" E0° 8' 42.4"   (42.908194444444, 0.14511111111111) Start navigation »

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Col du Tourmalet (elevation 2,115 m (6,939 ft)) is the highest paved mountain pass in the French Pyrenees, located in the department of Hautes-Pyrénées. Sainte-Marie-de-Campan is at the foot on the eastern side and the ski station La Mongie two-thirds of the way up. The village of Barèges lies on the western side, above the town of Luz-Saint-Sauveur.
Tourmalet is also a cheese made from sheep milk produced in these mountains.

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