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> Val d'Aran is the only community within Spain's contiguous borders that's located on the northern slopes of the Pyrenees. That seems to hint at something not
by davidw 5y ago
> Val d'Aran is the only community within Spain's contiguous borders that's located on the northern slopes of the Pyrenees.
That seems to hint at something not in the contiguous borders - but Llivia is still on the southern slopes from what I can tell.
- mkl 5y agoI think maybe they meant Catalonia and failed at rewording Wikipedia [1], which says: "This valley constitutes the only contiguous part of Catalonia located on the northern side of the Pyrenees." Your point still stands, that the wording is strange in Wikipedia, and River Runner agrees [2] that Llívia is on the south side. I think the BBC's wording is doubly incorrect, as there are other places in Spain north of the Pyrenees, e.g. Irun [3]. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Val_d%27Aran https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Val_d%27Aran [2] https://river-runner-global.samlearner.com/?lng=1.975577687580511&lat=42.463363706966675 https://river-runner-global.samlearner.com/?lng=1.9755776875... [3] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Irun https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Irun
- Mordisquitos 5y agoIn fact, they're wrong because of a much more subtle and little-known example. The village of Luzaide/Valcarlos (Basque/Castilian names) in Navarre is actually on the northern slopes of the Pyrenees by a tiny bit: - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luzaide/Valcarlos https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luzaide/Valcarlos - https://www.openstreetmap.org/relation/343733 https://www.openstreetmap.org/relation/343733