Err-Puigmal
ski resort in the French Pyrenees
Err-Puigmal or Puigmal is a winter sports resort in the Pyrenees massif located at the western end of the Pyrénées-Orientales department, in the Occitania region of France. The resort is about 2 km (1.2 mi) from the Spanish border. It takes its name from the summit that dominates it, the Puigmal which, at 2,910 m (9,550 ft) above sea level, is the second highest peak of the Cerdanya after Pic Carlit at 2,921 m (9,583 ft). The resort, located at an altitude of 1,835 m (6,020 ft), is one of the highest in the French Pyrenees. It is managed by the municipality of Err.
History
Developed from 1970, the resort was created in the heart of the large Puigmal forest, below the mountain ridge that forms part of the Franco-Spanish border. A joint syndicate for the management of the resort, the Syndicat du Puigmal, was created, in which the commune of Err and the department participated. The commune of Sainte-Léocadie joined in 1984, but in a limited way. After the withdrawal of the department in 1992, the union changed its status and became an intercommunal union, to which the communes of Saillagouse, Nahuja, Palau-de-Cerdagne, Estavar and Sainte-Léocadie belonged, in addition to Err. Ski lifts were installed in the early 1990s.
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