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{{about|the pass on the border between France and Spain|the low pass in Haute-Garonne|Col des Ares}}
{{Infobox mountain pass
| name = Col d'Ares / Coll d'Ares
| photo = Coll d Ares 009.jpg
| photo_caption = French side of the Col d'Ares
| elevation_m = 1513
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| traversed = 
| location = [[Pyrénées-Orientales]], [[France]]<br>[[Catalonia]], [[Spain]]
| range = [[Pyrenees]]
| map = Pyrenees 
| map_caption = Location in the Pyrenees
| label_position =
| coords = {{coord|42|22|2|N|2|27|24|E|type:pass_source:frwiki|format=dms|display=inline,title}}
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'''Col d'Ares''' ({{IPA|fr|kɔldaʁ|lang}}) or '''Coll d'Ares''' ({{IPA|ca|ˈkɔʎ ˈdaɾəs|lang}}) (el. 1513&nbsp;m) is a [[mountain pass]] in the [[Pyrenees]] on the border between [[France]] and [[Spain]].

It connects [[Prats-de-Mollo]] in France with [[Molló]] in [[Catalonia]], Spain.

== History ==
In 1691, during the [[Nine Years' War]], the Spanish passed through the Col d'Ares to try taking Prats-de-Mollo, without success.

This pass also used during the [[Camí de la Retirada|Retirada]] during the [[Spanish Civil War]] by fleeing Spaniards supporting the Republican cause.

==See also==
* [[List of highest paved roads in Europe]]
* [[List of mountain passes#Europe|List of mountain passes]]

==References==
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[[Category:Mountain passes of the Pyrenees]]
[[Category:France–Spain border crossings]]
[[Category:Mountain passes of Catalonia]]
[[Category:Mountain passes of Occitania (administrative region)]]


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