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| name=Pre-Pyrenees
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| photo=SERRAT DE FONTFREDA - MONTSEC D'ARES - IB-530.jpg 
| photo_caption=[[Montsec d'Ares]], part of the Pyrenees Foothills
| country= {{hlist|[[Spain]]|[[France]]}}
| geology= 
| orogeny=[[Alpine orogeny]]
| area_km2= 
| highest=
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| coordinates= 
| length_km= 425
| length_orientation= E/W
| width_km= 40 
| width_orientation=N/S
| range_coordinates= {{coord|42|20|N|1|0|E|type:mountain|format=dms|display=inline,title}}
| map_image=Pyrenees topographic map-en.svg
| map_caption= Topographic map of the Pyrenees
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[[File:Catmorfo.png|thumb|250px|Geomorphologic map of Catalonia: 
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|{{legend2|#ff3f3f|[[Pyrenees]] }}
|{{legend2|#ffa545|Pre-Pyrenees }}
|{{legend2|#fff915|[[Catalan Central Depression]]}}
|{{legend2|#d8c03d|Smaller mountain ranges of the Central Depression }}
|{{legend2|#917654|[[Catalan Transversal Range]] }}
|{{legend2|#487048|[[Catalan Pre-Coastal Range]] }}
|{{legend2|#679772|[[Catalan Coastal Range]] }}
|{{legend2|#a0d486|[[Catalan Coastal Depression]] and other coastal and pre-coastal plains}}
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The '''Pre-Pyrenees''' are the [[foothills]] of the [[Pyrenees]].

==Description==
As a mountainous system the Pre-Pyrenees are part of the Pyrenees. They run parallel to the main mountain range in a west to east direction.

On the French side the Pyrenees's slopes descend rather abruptly, thus on the northern side, the Pre-Pyrenees are confined to the [[Corbières Massif]], towards the eastern end of the mountain system.<ref>Christophe Neff : ''Les Corbières maritimes – forment-elles un étage de végétation méditerranéenne thermophile masqué par la pression humaine ?'' In: Eric Fouache (Edit.): ''The Mediterranean World Environment and History. IAG Working Group on Geo-archeology, Symposium Proceedings. Environmental Dynamics and History in Mediterranean Areas, Paris, Université de Paris – Sorbonne 24 – 26 avril 2002''. Paris, 2003, 191 – 202, (Elsevier France, {{ISBN|2-84299-452-3}}).</ref> The [[Massif de Plantaurel]] further west deserves mention as well, although not as clearly a foothill.

On the Iberian side, however, the picture is very different: a large and complex system of [[foothill]] ranges stretches from [[Navarre]], across northern [[Aragon]], reaching the [[Mediterranean]] coast on the [[Catalonia|Catalan]] end of the Pyrenees. At the eastern end on the southern side lies a distinct area known as the [[Sub-Pyrenees]].<ref>Jordi Sacasas i Lluís, ''Geografía de Catalunya'', Publicacions L'Abadia de Montserrat. {{ISBN|978-84-8415-915-5}}</ref>

==Main ranges==
Although the highest peaks in the Pre-Pyrenees are not as high as those in the [[Pyrenees]] proper, some of the ranges are quite massive, with summits reaching up to {{convert|2600|m|abbr=on}}.<ref>[http://www10.gencat.net/probert/catala/prop_lleure/pdf/pirineusprepirineus.pdf Pirineus-Prepirineus] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080723144756/http://www10.gencat.net/probert/catala/prop_lleure/pdf/pirineusprepirineus.pdf |date=2008-07-23 }}</ref>

===Northern slope===
*[[Corbières Massif]]
*[[Massif de Plantaurel]]

===Southern slope===
The main ranges are:
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;In Catalonia
*[[Serra d'Aubenç]]
*[[Serra dels Bastets]]
*[[Serra de Bellmunt]]
*[[Cingles de Beví]]
*[[Serra de Boumort]]
*[[Serra de Busa]]
*[[Serra del Cadí]]
**[[Montsec de Tost]]
*[[Serra de Boumort]]
*[[Serra de Camporan]]
*[[Serra de les Canals]]
*[[Serra de Capsacosta]]
**[[Serra de Malforat]]
***[[Serra de la Cau]]
*[[Serra de Carreu]]
*[[El Catllaràs]]
*[[Serra de Comiols]]
*[[Serra del Port del Comte]]
**[[Serra de Querol]]
**[[Serra del Verd]]
*[[Serra de Conivella]]
*[[Serrat de la Creueta (Das)|Serrat de la Creueta]]
*[[Serra d'Ensija]]
*[[La Faiada de Malpàs]]
*[[Serra de Falgars]]
*[[Serra de la Gessa]]
*[[Serra de Sant Mamet]]
*[[Serra de Moixeró]]
*[[Serra de Milany]]
*[[Mare de Déu del Mont]]
*[[Serra de Monebui]]
*[[Serra de Montclús]]
*[[Montsec]] range
**[[Montsec de Rúbies]], the eastern massif, is separated by the river Segre in the east and the [[Noguera Pallaresa]] in the middle.
***[[Serra del Cucuc]]
**[[Montsec d'Ares]], the central massif. 
***[[Montrebei]]
**[[Montsec d'Estall]], in [[Aragon]], located to the west, separated by the [[Noguera Ribagorçana]] from the central massif.
*[[Serra de Montgrony]]
*[[Serra de Prada]]
*[[Serra de Picamill]]
*[[Serra de Picancel]]
*[[Serra de Queralt (Berguedà)|Serra de Queralt]]
*[[Serra de Sant Gervàs]]
**[[Serra de Setcomelles]]
*[[Serra de Sant Joan (Coll de Nargó)|Serra de Sant Joan]]
*[[Serra de Sant Marc]]
*[[Serra de serra de Sobremunt]]
*[[Serra del Volterol]]
*[[Serra dels Tossals]]
*[[Serra de Turp]]
*[[Rasos de Peguera]]
**[[Serrat de la Figuerassa]]
;In Aragon
*[[Sierra Caballera]]
*[[Sierra del Castillo de Llaguarres]]
*[[Sierra de la Carrodilla]]
*[[Cotiella]]
*[[Serra d'Esdolomada]]<ref>Luis Javier Cruchaga, ''Turbón y Sierra de Sis,''Mapas excursionistas, no 12 PRAMES  2002 {{ISBN|84-8321-123-8}}</ref>
*[[Sierra Ferrera]]
*[[Sierra de Giró]]
*[[Serra del Jordal]]
*[[Sierra de las Ares]]
*[[Sierra de Guara]]
*[[El Turbón]]
*[[Sierra de Sis]]
*[[Sierra de Santo Domingo]]
*[[Sierra de Loarre]]
*[[Sierra de Javierre]]
*[[Sierra Caballera]]
;In Navarre
*[[Sierra de Leire]]
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==Features==
{{Gallery
|width=195
|File:El Turbón.jpg|View of [[El Turbón]] in [[Aragon]]
|File:Gavet de la Conca. Sant Salvador de Toló. Serra del Cucuc i Montsec de Rúbies 1.JPG|[[Serra del Cucuc]] and [[Montsec de Rúbies]] at [[Gavet de la Conca]]
|File:Pic de Bugarach1.jpg|Summits of the [[Corbières Massif]], the only foothill of the Pyrenees on their northern side
|File:Sierradecadi.jpg|View of [[Serra del Cadí]]
|File:Serra Ferrera.jpg|View of [[Serra Ferrera]]
|File:Serra de Sis (Prepirineus).jpg|View of the [[Mountains of Sis]]
|File:El Cotiella vist des de la Serra del Jordal.jpg|[[Cotiella]]
|File:Margues.jpg|View of [[Serra del Jordal]]
}}

==See also==
{{Portal|France|Spain}}
*[[Geology of the Pyrenees]]
*[[Sub-Pyrenees]]
*[[List of mountains in Aragon]]
*[[List of mountains in Catalonia]]

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
*{{commons category-inline}}

[[Category:Pre-Pyrenees| ]]
[[Category:Mountain ranges of Aragon]]
[[Category:Mountain ranges of Catalonia]]
[[Category:Mountain ranges of Navarre]]
[[Category:Mountain ranges of Occitania (administrative region)]]