Drance
The Drance is a river in Valais, Switzerland with a length of 14.5 kilometers to the confluence with the Rhône, a maximum length of 43 kilometers. It has a drainage basin of 676 square kilometers.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Stream
- Description: tributary of the Rhone in the canton of Valais, Switzerland
- Also known as: “La Dranse”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Vernayaz MC railway station and Martigny railway station.
Vernayaz MC railway station
Railway station
Photo: trams aux fils., CC BY 2.0.
Vernayaz MC railway station is a railway station in the municipality of Vernayaz, in the Swiss canton of Valais. It is located on the 1,000 mm gauge Martigny–Châtelard line of Transports de Martigny et Régions.
Martigny railway station
Railway station
Photo: Tukka, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Martigny railway station is a railway station in the municipality of Martigny, in the Swiss canton of Valais. It is an intermediate stop on the standard gauge Simplon line of Swiss Federal Railways and the junction of the 1,000 mm Martigny–Châtelard and standard gauge Martigny–Orsières lines of Transports de Martigny et Régions and RegionAlps, respectively.
La Bâtiaz Castle
Photo: Espandero, CC BY-SA 4.0.
La Bâtiaz Castle is a castle in the municipality of Martigny, in the Canton of Valais, Switzerland. It is a Swiss heritage site of national significance.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Vernayaz and Martigny.
Vernayaz
Village
Photo: copetan, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Vernayaz is a municipality in the district of Saint-Maurice, in the canton of Valais, Switzerland.
Martigny
Martigny is a town in the French-speaking part of Valais. It lies in the Rhone valley and is one of the economic centres of the region.
Dorénaz
Village
Dorénaz is a municipality in the district of Saint-Maurice in the canton of Valais in Switzerland. Dorénaz is situated 3 km northwest of Drance.
Drance
- Categories: river, tributary, and body of water
- Location: Valais, Switzerland, Central Europe, Europe
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Satellite Map
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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”
- Finnish: “Dranse”
- French: “Drance”
- German: “Dranse d’Entremont”
- German: “Dranse de Bagnes”
- German: “Dranse de Ferret”
- German: “Dranse”
- Irish: “Dranse”
- Italian: “Drance”
- Italian: “Dranse”
- Polish: “Dranse”
- Portuguese: “Dranse (Valais)”
- Portuguese: “Rio Dranse”
- Slovenian: “Dranse”
- Swedish: “Dranse”
- Swiss German: “Dranse”
- Tosk Albanian: “Dranse”
- Venetian: “Dranse”
Places with the Same Name
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Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Branson and Mayen Loton.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Trient and Gorges du Trient.
Valais: Must-Visit Destinations
Delve into Sion, Zermatt, Martigny, and Brig.
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