Montagne Noire
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- Not to be confused with the Montagnes NoiresMontagnes Noires* Not to be confused with the Montagne Noire of Languedoc-RousillonThe Montagnes Noires , also known as the Montagne Noire and in Breton as Meneziou Du are an east-west oriented range of hills in Brittany centred around the town of Gourin...
(a.k.a. Montagne Noire) in BrittanyBrittanyBrittany is a cultural and administrative region in the north-west of France. Previously a kingdom and then a duchy, Brittany was united to the Kingdom of France in 1532 as a province. Brittany has also been referred to as Less, Lesser or Little Britain...
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The Montagne Noire is a mountain range in central southern France
France
The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...
. It is located at the southwestern end of the Massif Central
Massif Central
The Massif Central is an elevated region in south-central France, consisting of mountains and plateaux....
in the border area of the Tarn, Hérault
Hérault
Hérault is a department in the south of France named after the Hérault river.-History:Hérault is one of the original 83 departments created during the French Revolution on 4 March 1790...
and Aude
Aude
Aude is a department in south-central France named after the river Aude. The local council also calls the department "Cathar Country".Aude is also a frequent feminine French given name in Francophone countries, deriving initially from Aude or Oda, a wife of Bertrand, Duke of Aquitaine, and mother...
departments. Its highest point is the Pic de Nore
Pic de Nore
The pic de Nore at 1211 metres is the highest point in the Montagne Noire, on the border of the Aude and Tarn departments, near to the Parc naturel régional du Haut-Languedoc in southern France...
at 1,210 m.
The mountain is within the Parc naturel régional du Haut-Languedoc
Parc naturel régional du Haut-Languedoc
thumb|A mouflon in the park.The Parc naturel régional du Haut-Languedoc is a regional natural park situated in the south of the Massif Central within the Aveyron, Hérault and Tarn departments of France...
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