Odeillo solar furnace, Font-Romeu-Odeillo-Via

Name: Odeillo solar furnace
Address: 7 rue du Four Solaire, Font-Romeu-Odeillo-Via, 66120, France
Telephone: +33 4 68 30 77 86

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Odeillo solar furnace, Font-Romeu-Odeillo-Via

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The Odeillo solar furnace is the world's largest solar furnace. It is situated in Font-Romeu-Odeillo-Via, in the department of Pyrénées-Orientales, in the south of France. It is 54 metres high and 48 metres wide, and includes 63 heliostats. It was built between 1962 and 1968, started operating in 1969, and has a power of one megawatt. ()

Local name: Four solaire d'Odeillo Completed: 1968 (56 years ago)Opened: 1969 (55 years ago)Width: 157 ftHeight: 177 ftCoordinates: 42°29'38"N, 2°1'46"E

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7 rue du Four SolaireFont-Romeu-Odeillo-Via 66120 France

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+33 4 68 30 77 86

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Odeillo solar furnace – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: arboretum, Jardin ethnobotanique d'Eyne, Estany de la Pradella, Dorres.

1.9 miNE
Park
arboretum
49 min walk • The Arboretum de Font-Romeu is an arboretum located at an altitude of 1800 metres within the Forêt de Font-Romeu near Font-Romeu-Odeillo-Via, Pyrénées-Orientales, Languedoc-Roussillon, France.
3 miSE
Botanical garden
Jardin ethnobotanique d'Eyne, Eyne
78 min walk • The Jardin ethnobotanique d'Eyne, also called the Jardin de la Vallée, is a botanical garden specializing in ethnobotany. It is located at the Maison de la Vallée, avinguda de Cerdanya, Eyne, Pyrénées-Orientales, Languedoc-Roussillon, France, and is open daily in the warmer months; an admission fee is charged.
3.7 miN
Nature, Natural attraction, Lake
Estany de la Pradella
94 min walk • Estany de la Pradella is a lake in Pyrénées-Orientales, Pyrénées, France. At an elevation of 1950 m, its surface area is 0.1 km².
4.6 miW
Area
Dorres, Angoustrine-Villeneuve-des-Escaldes
117 min walk • Dorres is a commune in the Pyrénées-Orientales department in southern France.
3.7 miS
Church
Chapelle Notre-Dame d'Err, Err
94 min walk • The Notre-Dame d'Err chapel, locally called the chapel of the Virgin, is a partly Romanesque church located in Err, in the French department of Pyrénées-Orientales. A pilgrimage takes place there every July 2.
4.1 miW
Church
Église Saint-Assiscle et Sainte-Victoire, Angoustrine-Villeneuve-des-Escaldes
104 min walk • The church of Saint-Assiscle and Sainte-Victoire de Villeneuve-des-Escaldes is a Romanesque church located in Angoustrine-Villeneuve-des-Escaldes in the French department of Pyrénées-Orientales.
~1770 ftNE
Church
Saint-Martin d'Odeillo, Font-Romeu-Odeillo-Via
9 min walk • The Saint-Martin d'Odeillo church is a Catholic church located in Font-Romeu-Odeillo-Via, in the French department of Pyrénées-Orientales and the region Occitanie.
4.1 miW
Church
Chapelle Saint-Martin d'En Valls
104 min walk • The church of Saint-Martin d'Envalls is a disused Romanesque church located in Angoustrine-Villeneuve-des-Escaldes, in the French department of Pyrénées-Orientales. It is registered as a historical monument since 1996.
3.5 miW
Church
Église romane Saint-André, Angoustrine-Villeneuve-des-Escaldes
90 min walk • The former church of Saint-André d'Angoustrine is a Romanesque church located in Angoustrine-Villeneuve-des-Escaldes in Cerdagne in the French department of Pyrénées-Orientales in the Occitanie region.
1.5 miNE
Church
Ermitage Notre-Dame, Font-Romeu-Odeillo-Via
40 min walk • The hermitage Notre-Dame de Font-Romeu is located in the commune of Font-Romeu-Odeillo-Via in the Pyrénées-Orientales department, about one kilometer north of the city center, on the departmental road 618 in the direction of Bolquère.
2.4 miS
Church
Église Sainte-Eugénie, Saillagouse
62 min walk • The Sainte-Eugénie de Saillagouse church is a Romanesque church located in Saillagouse, in the French department of Pyrénées-Orientales.