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About
Classification of the Canigó summit in 1951. The sites policy was then oriented towards the classification of landscapes with an overall consistency and coherence. In 1983, the Massif du Canigó became a listed site covering 7,788.99 hectares.
The natural site
Peaks, gorges and landscapes
Canigó Massif
2,784 m · Grand Site de France · Listed site
An emblematic mountain for the Catalans, the Canigó rises 2,784 metres above the Roussillon plain: a protected massif, awarded the Grand Site de France label, where walkers climb to the summit cross and the Saint-Jean flame.
- Summit altitude
- 2,784 m
- Listed site
- more than 23,000 ha (2013)
- National nature reserves
- 3 (Py, Mantet, Prats-de-Mollo)
- Grand Site de France
- since 2012, renewed in 2025
Coming up in Prades
Inland events →- On now until 30 OctConnivence des Sacrés
- On now until 30 OctRegards sur ma région
- On now until 23 OctBehind the Scenes: How to Recognise the Genuine Grenat de Perpignan
- On now until 23 OctBehind the scenes: guided tour on the history and making of Grenat catalan
- On now until 30 OctExhibition “La culture sous toutes ses coutures”
- On now until 20 OctShow “DE L’AUTRE CÔTÉ DU MUR”
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Source : Pyrénées-Orientales Tourisme (DATAtourisme, Open Licence 2.0) · updated 16 Oct 2026