| Latour-de-Carol | |
| Native Name: | La Tor de Querol |
| Commune Status: | Commune |
| Image Coat Of Arms: | Escut de la Tor de Querol.svg |
| Arrondissement: | Prades |
| Canton: | Les Pyrénées catalanes |
| Insee: | 66095 |
| Postal Code: | 66760 |
| Mayor: | Cécile Houyau[1] |
| Term: | 2020 - 2026 |
| Intercommunality: | Pyrénées Cerdagne |
| Coordinates: | 42.4658°N 1.8897°W |
| Elevation M: | 1248 |
| Elevation Min M: | 1209 |
| Elevation Max M: | 2080 |
| Area Km2: | 12.63 |
Latour-de-Carol (pronounced as /fr/; ca|La Tor de Querol) is a commune in the Pyrénées-Orientales department in southern France.[2]
Latour-de-Carol is located in the canton of Les Pyrénées catalanes and in the arrondissement of Prades.
The village is the site of the international railway station Gare de Latour-de-Carol-Enveitg . This station is the terminus of three lines, each with different gauges:
As the French and Spanish tracks are different gauges, no trains run the whole way from Toulouse to Barcelona. Passengers have to change trains, which are however no longer scheduled to offer direct connections. Occasional freight-trains cross the border and are worked to Puigcerda, where freight is transferred. The double-track line to Puigcerda consists of two separate tracks with different gauges and electrified at different currents.
European route E09 and part of the Route nationale 20 connect Latour-de-Carol with Bourg-Madame (near the border with Spain) and Foix.
The first traces of habitation date from 600 BC. and are located on the site of the hamlet of Iravals.[3] The population moved from the 13th century around the hamlet of Latour-de-Carol, partly abandoning Iravals.
On 1 February 1837 the commune of Porta was created by detachment from Latour-de-Carol.[4]