Étang de Leucate
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| name = Étang de Leucate
Étang de Salses
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| location = Pyrénées-Orientales and Aude
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| type = lagoon
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| area = {{convert|54|km2|abbr=on}}
| depth = {{convert|1.8|m|abbr=on}}
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| designation1 = Ramsar
| designation1_offname = Étang de Salses-Leucate
| designation1_date = 30 June 2017
| designation1_number = 2307{{Cite web|title=Étang de Salses-Leucate|website=Ramsar Sites Information Service|url=https://rsis.ramsar.org/ris/2307|accessdate=25 May 2020}}}}
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Étang de Leucate or Étang de Salses is a lake in Pyrénées-Orientales and Aude, France. At an elevation of 0 m, its surface area is 54 km2. It has been designated as a protected Ramsar site since 2017. It is separated from the Mediterranean Sea by a narrow strip of land, occupied by the villages of Leucate and Le Barcarès.
File:Étang de Salses-Leucate 01.jpg|View from East
File:Étang de Salses-Leucate 02.jpg|View from West
See also
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Category:Ramsar sites in Metropolitan France
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