Drance

The Drance is a river in Valais, with a length of 14.5 kilometers to the confluence with the , a maximum length of 43 kilometers. It has a drainage basin of 676 square kilometers.
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  • Type: Stream
  • Description: tributary of the Rhone in the canton of Valais, Switzerland
  • Also known as: “Dranse d’Entremont”, “Dranse de Bagnes”, “Dranse de Ferret”, “La Dranse”, and “Дранс (река)”

Places of Interest

Highlights: Martigny railway station and Vernayaz MC railway station.

Railway station
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is a railway station in the…

Railway station
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is a railway station…

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is a castle in the municipality of , in the Canton of Valais, .

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Vernayaz and Martigny.

Village
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is a municipality in the district of Saint-Maurice, in the canton of Valais, Switzerland.

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is a town in the French-speaking part of .

Village
is a municipality in the district of Saint-Maurice in the canton of in . is situated 3 km northwest of Drance.

Drance

Latitude
46.125° or 46° 7′ 30″ north
Longitude
7.06581° or 7° 3′ 57″ east
Elevation
458 metres (1,503 feet)
Open location code
8FR943F8+X8
Geo­Names ID
2660983
Wiki­data ID
Q689304
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In Other Languages

From Arpitan to Venetian—“Drance” goes by many names.
  • Arpitan: “Drance”
  • Arpitan: “Dranse (Valês)”
  • Asturian: “Ríu Drance”
  • Cebuano: “Dranse”
  • Chinese: “德朗斯河 (沃州)”
  • Chinese: “德朗斯河”
  • Dutch: “Dranse”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “نهر درانس”
  • Esperanto: “Dranse”
  • Finnish: “Drance”
  • French: “Drance”
  • French: “Dranse”
  • German: “Dranse”
  • Irish: “Dranse”
  • Italian: “Drance”
  • Polish: “Dranse”
  • Portuguese: “Dranse (Valais)”
  • Portuguese: “Rio Dranse”
  • Russian: “Дранс”
  • Slovenian: “Dranse”
  • Swedish: “Dranse”
  • Swiss German: “Dranse”
  • Ukrainian: “Дранс”
  • Venetian: “Dranse”

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Localities in the Area

Places to explore: Branson and Mayen Loton.

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Highlights: Trient and Gorges du Trient.

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