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Leucate

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Country
  
France

Department
  
Aude

Population (2008)
  
3,858

Local time
  
Thursday 11:54 AM

Region
  
Occitanie

Canton
  
Sigean

Area
  
23.55 km²

Arrondissement
  
Narbonne

Leucate

Intercommunality
  
Corbières en Méditerranée

Weather
  
14°C, Wind E at 8 km/h, 69% Humidity

Points of interest
  
Aqualand Port Leucate, l'île aux loisirs, Circus Casino de Port Leuc, Plage de la Franqui, Le Mas Des Caprices

Places to see in leucate france


Leucate, between the Mediterranean Sea and sea pond, is a community of villages.

Contents

Map of Leucate, France

Bunkers in leucate france 2 visit of the pardigan battery


Geography

Leucate is on the Mediterranean coast of France. It is part of the eastern Corbières Mountains, which are called the Corbières maritimes. It is around 30 km (19 mi) south of Narbonne, and around 30 km (19 mi) north of Perpignan.

The Phare du Cap Leucate offers a view (on a clear day) over the whole French Mediterranean Sea from the Spanish border to the Camargue.

Urban Morphology

The town stretches over five tourist attractions, from north to south:

  • La Franqui,
  • Leucate village,
  • Leucate beach (Leucate plage)
  • The naturist village (Village naturiste) on the island of Correggio
  • Port-Leucate.
  • Personalities

  • Henry de Monfreid, adventurer and author
  • Françoise de Cezelli (1558–1615) knight and French female war hero
  • André Héléna (1919–1972) author
  • Jacques Hiron author (fiction, comics, regional & local history and geography)
  • Christophe Neff geographer
  • References

    Leucate Wikipedia