Location:
Southwestern Europe, Pyrenees mountains, on the border between France and Spain

Geographic coordinates:
42 30 N, 1 30 E

Map references:
Europe

Area:
total: 468 sq km
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land: 468 sq km
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water: 0 sq km
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country comparison to the world: 196

Area - comparative:
2.5 times the size of Washington, DC

Land boundaries:
total: 118 km
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border countries (2): France 55 km, Spain 63 km

Coastline:
0 km (landlocked)
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Maritime claims:
none (landlocked)

Climate:
temperate; snowy, cold winters and warm, dry summers

Terrain:
rugged mountains dissected by narrow valleys

Elevation:
mean elevation: 1,996 m
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elevation extremes: lowest point: Riu Runer 840 m highest point: Pic de Coma Pedrosa 2,946 m

Natural resources:
hydropower, mineral water, timber, iron ore, lead

Land use:
agricultural land: 44.47% arable land 13.4%; permanent crops 0%; permanent pasture 86.6%
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forest: 34%
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other: 21.5% (2014 est.)
[see also: Land use - other country ranks ]

Irrigated land:
0 sq km (2012)
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Population - distribution:
population is unevenly distributed and is concentrated in the 7 urbanized valleys that make up the country's parishes (political administrative divisions)

Natural hazards:
avalanches

Environment - current issues:
deforestation; overgrazing of mountain meadows contributes to soil erosion; air pollution; wastewater treatment and solid waste disposal

Environment - international agreements:
party to: Biodiversity, Desertification, Hazardous Wastes, Ozone Layer Protection
signed, but not ratified: none of the selected agreements

Geography - note:
landlocked; straddles a number of important crossroads in the Pyrenees