{{Short description|Mountain pass in the French Pyrenees}} {{Coord|42.560139|1.810104|display=title}} thumb|300px|Summit of the Col de Puymorens in winter The '''Col de Puymorens''' ("Puymorens Pass") is a mountain pass in the French Pyrenees, connecting Foix to Cerdagne. Its summit is 1,915m.<ref>{{cite book|title=The Rough Guide to Languedoc and Roussillon|page=168| url = https://books.google.com/books?id=DK7OmRPLocUC&q=puymorens+The+Rough+Guide+to+Languedoc+and+Roussillon&pg=PT168 | accessdate = 8 June 2020 | publisher=Rough Guides|year=2004|isbn=978-1-843-53244-6}}</ref>
The pass historically crossed the border between France and Catalonia, until the Treaty of the Pyrenees in 1659 ceded the whole of this area to the former.<ref>{{cite book|first=Frédéric|last=Mauro|title=L'Espagne et le Midi de la France au XVIIeme siecle : Aspects économiques et humains|publisher=Cahiers du monde hispanique et luso-brésilien|volume=11|year=1968|doi=10.3406/carav.1968.1208|url=https://www.persee.fr/web/revues/home/prescript/article/carav_0008-0152_1968_num_11_1_1208|accessdate=17 May 2016|pages=151–162}}</ref> It has been a well-travelled route since the 18th century and has featured several times in the Tour de France.<ref>{{cite book|title=Une société marchande: le commerce et ses acteurs dans les Pyrénées modernes|first=Patrice|last=Poujade|publisher=Univ. du Mirail|page=41|year=2008|language=fr|isbn=978-2-858-16910-8}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|title=Yellow Jersey Companion to the Tour de France|first=Les|last=Woodland|page=395|publisher=Random House|year=2007|isbn=978-0-224-08016-3}}</ref> In 1994, the pass was bypassed by a tunnel.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.lindependant.fr/2018/02/19/fermeture-abusive-du-col-du-puymorens-ca-suffit,3096683.php|title=Fermeture abusive du Col du Puymorens|work=l'Independent|date=19 February 2018|accessdate=24 February 2020}}</ref>
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==External links== {{commonscat}} * [http://andorrawebcams.andorramania.com/col-du-puymorens.php Col du Puymorens] webcam * [https://www.ledicodutour.com/cols/cols_p/puymorens.html Le Col de Puymorens dans le Tour de France depuis 1947]
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