Lavedan | |
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Entrée du Lavedan, photo prise depuis le pic du Jer. | |
Length | 50 km North |
Geology | |
Type | Vallées glaciaires |
Geography | |
Location | Hautes-Pyrénées, Occitanie, France |
Population centers | Argelès-Gazost, Pierrefitte-Nestalas, Cauterets, Luz-Saint-Sauveur |
Coordinates | 43°00′N 0°06′W / 43.0°N 0.1°W[1] |
Mountain range | Pyrénées |
Traversed by | Gave de Pau |
The Lavedan (French pronunciation: [lavdɑ̃]; in Gascon eth/lo Lavedan, /et/lu laβedã/), or occasionally vallées des Gaves, denotes a mountainous natural region of France, located at the heart of the Pyrénées, and forms a group of valleys upstream of Lourdes.
The Lavedan is historically part of the Gascony province and of the county of Bigorre. Today, it is situated in the Hautes-Pyrénées department in the Occitanie region.