Orb
The Orb is a 135.6-kilometre long river in the department of Hérault in the south of France. It flows into the Mediterranean Sea at Valras-Plage. The river flows through the towns of Bédarieux and Béziers, where it is crossed by the canal du Midi on the Orb Aqueduct.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Stream
- Description: river in France
- Also known as: “L’Orb Fleuve”, “Orb River”, and “Orbis”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Église Notre-Dame-du-Perpétuel-Secours de Valras-Plage.
Église Notre-Dame-du-Perpétuel-Secours de Valras-Plage
Church
Photo: Vpe, Public domain.
Église Notre-Dame-du-Perpétuel-Secours de Valras-Plage is a church.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Vendres and Portiragnes.
Vendres
Village
Photo: Fagairolles 34, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Vendres is a commune in the Hérault department in the Occitanie region in southern France. Vendres is situated 7 km west of Orb.
Portiragnes
Village
Photo: Fagairolles 34, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Portiragnes is a commune in the Hérault department in the Occitanie region in southern France. Portiragnes is situated 7 km northeast of Orb.
Orb
- Categories: main stem and body of water
- Location: Hérault, Occitanie, France, Europe
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Belarusian to Welsh—“Orb” goes by many names.
- Belarusian: “Орб”
- Bulgarian: “Орб”
- Catalan: “Orb”
- Catalan: “Òrb”
- Catalan: “Riu Orb”
- Cebuano: “Orb”
- Chinese: “奧爾布河”
- Czech: “Orb”
- Dutch: “Orb (rivier)”
- Dutch: “Orb”
- French: “Orb”
- Georgian: “ორბი (მდინარე)”
- Georgian: “ორბი”
- German: “Orb”
- Greek: “Ορμπ”
- Hungarian: “Orb”
- Italian: “Orb”
- Macedonian: “Орб”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Orb (elv)”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Orb”
- Norwegian: “Orb”
- Occitan (post 1500): “Òrb”
- Persian: “اورب”
- Polish: “Orb (dopływ Morza Śródziemnego)”
- Polish: “Orb (rzeka)”
- Polish: “Orb”
- Portuguese: “Rio Orb”
- Russian: “Орб (река, впадает в Средиземное море)”
- Russian: “Орб (река, Франция)”
- Russian: “Орб”
- Serbian: “Орб”
- Slovenian: “Orb”
- Spanish: “Orb”
- Spanish: “rio Orb”
- Spanish: “río Orb”
- Spanish: “Río Orb”
- Ukrainian: “Орб”
- Welsh: “Afon Orb”
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Localities in the Area
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include La Grande Maïre and Étang de Vendres.
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