ETANG SALSES-LEUCATE

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Site classified natura 2000. Straddling the departments of Aude and Pyrénées-Orientales, the Salses-Leucate lagoon is with its 5 400ha the 2nd largest of Languedoc-Roussillon. The pond of Salses-Leucate is the seat since 1963, of an important activity shellfish and fishing. Once the only activities present on the pond, they must today share space with many water activities (windsurfing, kite surfing or boating) that developed in the 1970s. Beautiful diversity of natural habitats (reed beds, sansouires, salt meadows, dunes, etc.) that are home to remarkable plant and animal species