Camp Vernet
Le Vernet Internment Camp, or Camp Vernet, was a concentration camp in Le Vernet, Ariège, near Pamiers, in the French Pyrenees.
Mazères is a commune in the Ariège department in southwestern France.
Population: 3,006
Latitude: 43° 15' 1.98" N
Longitude: 1° 40' 38.21" E
Le Vernet Internment Camp, or Camp Vernet, was a concentration camp in Le Vernet, Ariège, near Pamiers, in the French Pyrenees.
The Seuil de Naurouze, or Col de Naurouze, is the highest point (190 m above sea level) of the Canal du Midi in southern France. It is the watershed point identified by Pierre-Paul Riquet when he designed and built the canal. Water falling on the we…
The Lauragais is an area of southwestern France, south-east of Toulouse.
The Hers-Vif ("Live Hers", as opposed to the slower flowing Hers-Mort, "Dead Hers"), also named Grand Hers or simply Hers, is a 135-kilometre (84 mi) long river in southern France, right tributary of the Ariège River.
Issus-Aussaguel Station is a radio antenna station for communication with spacecraft operated by the Centre National d'Études Spatiales (CNES).
The Grand Bassin is the largest body of open water along the Canal du Midi. It is in Castelnaudary France and covers some 7 hectares (18 acres). Once a scene of intense economic activity, it is now a major pleasure port used by tourist craft.
Le Vernet-d'Ariège is a railway station in Le Vernet, Midi-Pyrénées, France. The station is located on the Portet-Saint-Simon–Puigcerdà railway.
The balancing of incoming and outgoing water allows the Canal du Midi to operate as it does. Each time a lock operates, large quantities of water are either required to fill it or dump from it into the lower level pound. There must be a constant sou…
The Negra Aqueduct (French: Aqueduc de Négra) is one of several aqueducts on the Canal du Midi.
Mirepoix Cathedral (Cathédrale Saint-Maurice de Mirepoix) is a former Roman Catholic cathedral, and a national monument of France, located in the town of Mirepoix, Ariège.
Lac de la Ganguise (also known as Retenue de l'Estrade) is a lake in Aude, France.
Pamiers is a railway station in Pamiers, Midi-Pyrénées, France. The station is located on the Portet-Saint-Simon–Puigcerdà railway.
The Gardouch Aqueduct (French: Aqueduc de Gardouch) is one of several aqueducts on the Canal du Midi.
The Château de Vieillevigne is a castle and stately home in the commune of Vieillevigne in the Haute-Garonne département of France.
The Bassin de Naurouze is an octagonal holding tank, created during the building of the Canal du Midi as designed and built by Pierre-Paul Riquet. It was abandoned a few years after construction of the canal because of its recurrent silting problems…
The Vasague Aqueduct (French: Aqueduc de Vasague) is one of several navigable aqueducts on the Canal du Midi.
The Riquet Obelisk (French: Obélisque de Riquet) is dedicated to the creator of the Canal du Midi, Pierre-Paul Riquet. In 1827, the heirs of Riquet built the monument. The obelisk has a dedication: "To Pierre-Paul Riquet, Baron Bonrepos, author of t…
The Radel Aqueduct (French: Aqueduc de Radel) is one of several aqueducts on the Canal du Midi.