Nivelle

The Nivelle is a 39-kilometre long river French department of the flowing largely south-east to north-west, with only 7 km of its length being considered navigable.
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  • Type: Stream
  • Description: river
  • Also known as: La Nivelle Fleuve”, “La Nivette Rivière”, “Nivelle River”, “Olavidea”, and “Río Nivelle

Places of Interest

Highlights include Saint-Jean-de-Luz–Ciboure station and Chapelle de la Sainte-Famille d’Urdazuri.

Railway station
Saint-Jean-de-Luz-Ciboure is a railway station in and across the river from , , . The station is located on the Bordeaux–Irun railway line.

Historic building
is a historic building.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Saint-Jean-de-Luz and Ciboure.

& Ciboure are small towns at the mouth of the River Nivelle, near the border with Spain. St Jean, the larger, is east of the river and straight in front of the railway station, while Ciboure is a village some 500 m west across the river bridge - for practical purposes they're a single community.

Village
is a commune in the south-western French department of . It lies across the river Nivelle from the harbour of .

Village
is a village and a commune in the department in south-western . It is part of the traditional Basque province of Labourd. is situated 4½ km southwest of Nivelle.

Nivelle

Latitude
43.38141° or 43° 22′ 53″ north
Longitude
-1.64945° or 1° 38′ 58″ west
Elevation
8 metres (26 feet)
Open location code
8CMW99J2+H6
Geo­Names ID
2990337
Wiki­data ID
Q1406197
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In Other Languages

From Asturian to Welsh—“Nivelle” goes by many names.
  • Asturian: Ríu Nivelle
  • Basque: Sarrakaria
  • Basque: Ugarana
  • Basque: Ur Ertsi
  • Basque: Urdazuri
  • Basque: Urma
  • Breton: Ur Ertsi
  • Cebuano: Nivelle
  • Chinese: 尼韦勒河
  • Dutch: Nivelle
  • Esperanto: Nivelle (rivero)
  • Esperanto: Nivelle
  • French: Nivelle
  • German: Nivelle
  • Irish: Nivelle
  • Italian: Nivelle
  • Japanese: ウルダスリ川
  • Japanese: ニヴェル川
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: Nivelle
  • Russian: Нивель
  • Spanish: Nivelle
  • Spanish: Ugarana
  • Upper Sorbian: Nivelle
  • Welsh: Afon Nivelle
  • Welsh: Afon Urdazuri

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Localities in the Area

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Golf Chantaco and Golf de la Nivelle Saint-Jean de Luz.

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About Mapcarta. Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Nivelle”. Photo: Harrieta171, CC BY-SA 3.0.