Targassonne is best known in Occitanie for the THEMIS solar tower, a pioneering experimental solar-power facility in the French Cerdagne. The commune sits on the broad Cerdagne plateau in the eastern Pyrenees, where clear mountain light has also drawn major solar-research installations to nearby Font-Romeu-Odeillo-Via. Its setting belongs to historic Cerdanya, a Catalan territory shared by France and Spain, and that cross-border identity remains an important thread in local culture. Targassonne is a small mountain commune shaped by open uplands, pasture country and the surrounding Pyrenean ridges. Continue with other webcams from the Cerdagne and eastern Pyrenees to see how this part of Occitanie connects regionally.
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