Ouvèze
The Ouvèze is a river in southern France and left tributary of the Rhône. It rises in the southern French Prealps, in the commune of Montauban-sur-l'Ouvèze.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Stream
- Description: river in France, tributary of the Rhône in department of Vaucluse
- Also known as: “L’Ouvèze Rivière”, “Ouveze”, and “Ouvèze River”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Gare de Sorgues - Châteauneuf-du-Pape and Île de la Barthelasse.
Gare de Sorgues - Châteauneuf-du-Pape
Railway station
Photo: Véronique PAGNIER, Public domain.
Gare de Sorgues - Châteauneuf-du-Pape is a railway station, which is situated 2½ km northeast of Ouvèze.
Île de la Barthelasse
Island
Photo: Véronique PAGNIER, Public domain.
Île de la Barthelasse is an island, which is situated 2½ km southwest of Ouvèze.
Château de Brantes
Castle
Photo: Véronique PAGNIER, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Château de Brantes is an 18th-century manor house with a contemporary garden inspired by the gardens of Tuscany, located in the town of Sorgues in the Vaucluse Department of France.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Sorgues and Le Pontet.
Sorgues
Town
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Sorgues is a commune in the southeastern French department of Vaucluse. The river Ouvèze, a tributary of the Rhône, as well as its tributary Sorgue, which begins at the Fontaine de Vaucluse, run through the commune.
Le Pontet
Town
Photo: Véronique PAGNIER, Public domain.
Le Pontet is a commune in the Vaucluse department in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region in Southeastern France. Le Pontet is a suburb of the city of Avignon; it lies adjacent to its northeastern side. Le Pontet is situated 3 km south of Ouvèze.
Vedène
Village
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Vedène is a commune in the Vaucluse department in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region in Southeastern France. A northeastern suburb of Avignon, its historical town centre is dominated by the 12th-century Château de Vedène, known locally as the Château des Seigneurs. Vedène is situated 4 km east of Ouvèze.
Ouvèze
- Categories: river and body of water
- Location: Vaucluse, Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur, France, Europe
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In Other Languages
From Asturian to Spanish—“Ouvèze” goes by many names.
- Asturian: “Ríu Ouvèze”
- Catalan: “Ouvèze”
- Catalan: “Ovesa”
- Cebuano: “Ouvèze”
- Chinese: “烏韋茲河”
- Dutch: “Ouveze”
- Dutch: “Ouvèze”
- French: “L’Ouvèze”
- French: “Ouveze”
- French: “Ouvèze”
- French: “Sorgue”
- German: “Ouvèze”
- Hungarian: “Ouvèze”
- Irish: “Ouvèze”
- Italian: “Ouvèze”
- Japanese: “ウヴェーズ川”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Ouvèze”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Ouvèze”
- Norwegian: “Ouvèze”
- Occitan (post 1500): “Ovesa”
- Polish: “Ouvèze”
- Portuguese: “Ouvèze”
- Portuguese: “Rio Ouvèze”
- Russian: “Увез”
- Serbian: “Увез”
- Slovenian: “Ouveze”
- Slovenian: “Ouvèze”
- Spanish: “Ouveze”
- Spanish: “Ouvèze”
- Spanish: “rio Ouveze”
- Spanish: “río Ouvèze”
- Spanish: “Río Ouvèze”
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Localities in the Area
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include L’Oseraie and Île de la Motte.
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