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Discover Gurs in France

Gurs in the region of Aquitaine with its 444 habitants is a town located in France - some 412 mi or ( 663 km ) South of Paris , the country's capital .

Interactive map of Gurs

Local time in Gurs is now 10:04 AM (Monday) . The local timezone is named " Europe/Paris " with a UTC offset of 1 hours. Depending on your flexibility, these larger cities might be interesting for you: Viodos-Abense-de-Bas, Tarbes, Prechacq-Josbaig, Pau, and Ossas-Suhare. When in this area, you might want to check out Viodos-Abense-de-Bas . We found some clip posted online . Scroll down to see the most favourite one or select the video collection in the navigation. Are you looking for some initial hints on what might be interesting in Gurs ? We have collected some references on our attractions page.


Videos

Les truites du Gave d'Oloron

5:50 min by kjppiccin
Views: 19906 Rating: 4.78

Pêche à la mouche des truites du Gave d'Oloron ..

Roger Daltrey Without your love

3:18 min by MemphisMaiden
Views: 3077 Rating: 4.69

A beautiful song for beautiful children ! ..


Triathlon, Cycling & Swimming Accommodation in the French Pyrénées

4:34 min by activevacances
Views: 333 Rating: 0.00

Gite in SW France, www.active-vacances.com provides accomodation for upto 9 people. Ideally situated to take advantage of the magificent countryside of the Basque & Béarn regions of the Pyrénées, acti ..

C-walk de France

7:01 min by Jochem van Heek
Views: 317 Rating: 5.00

C-walk tour door Frankrijk Ga er eens lekker voor zitten: Pak wat te drinken en misschien wat te eten en geniet ;) ..


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Interesting facts about this location

Gurs internment camp

Camp Gurs was an internment and refugee camp constructed in 1939 in Gurs, a town in southwestern France near Pau. The camp was originally set up by the French government after the fall of Catalonia at the end of the Spanish Civil War to control those who fled Spain out of fear of retaliation from Francisco Franco's regime.

More reading: Wikipedia Article
Located at 43.26 -0.73 (Lat./Long.); Less than 3 km away
Tags: Contemporary French history, Internment camps of the Spanish Civil War, Nazi concentration camps in France, Vichy France, World War II internment camps in France

Vert (river)

The Vert, is a left tributary of the Gave d'Oloron, that drains the Barétous in the High-Béarn, in the Southwest of France. It flows into the gave in Moumour, downstream from Oloron-Sainte-Marie. Vert means 'green' in French, but the river name, Bert in 1467, is related to the Gascon word barta that means 'floodplain'.

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Located at 43.22 -0.65 (Lat./Long.); Less than 11 km away
Tags: Basin of the Gave d'Oloron, Geography of Pyrénées-Atlantiques, Rivers of Aquitaine, Rivers of France

Soule

Soule is a former viscounty and French province and part of the present day Pyrénées-Atlantiques département. It is divided into two cantons of the arrondissement (district) of Oloron-Sainte-Marie, and a part of the canton of Saint Palais (arrondissement of Bayonne). Its provincial capital is Mauléon, which fused with Licharre in 1841 to form "Mauléon-Licharre", but today is often known as "Mauléon-Soule". Historically, Soule is the smallest province of the Basque Country (785 km.).

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Located at 43.23 -0.88 (Lat./Long.); Less than 12 km away
Tags: Basque, Former provinces of France, Soule

Église Saint-Girons

L'Église Saint-Girons is a Gothic-style Roman Catholic church located in the commune of Monein in Pyrénées-Atlantiques, Aquitaine. It was classified as a monument historique of France on 7 August 1913. Its grand size made it the largest Gothic church in Béarn in the 15th century. It is most famous for its heart of oak frame which represents the Medieval architecture style.

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Located at 43.32 -0.58 (Lat./Long.); Less than 15 km away
Tags: Churches in Pyrénées-Atlantiques, Gothic architecture in France, Official historical monuments of France, Roman Catholic Church in France

Lemoa

Lemona or Lemoa is a town and municipality located in the province of Biscay, in the autonomous community of Basque Country, northern Spain.

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Located at 43.21 -0.91 (Lat./Long.); Less than 15 km away
Tags: Municipalities in Biscay, Populated places in Biscay