Étang de Leucate

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Étang de Salses

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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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Leucate

Category:Gulf of Lion

Category:Ramsar sites in Metropolitan France

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