Nivelle
The Nivelle is a 39-kilometre long river French department of the Pyrénées-Atlantiques flowing largely south-east to north-west, with only 7 km of its length being considered navigable.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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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.
Saint-Jean-de-Luz–Ciboure station
Railway station
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Saint-Jean-de-Luz-Ciboure is a railway station in Saint-Jean-de-Luz and across the river from Ciboure, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France. The station is located on the Bordeaux–Irun railway line.
Chapelle de la Sainte-Famille d’Urdazuri
Church
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Chapelle de la Sainte-Famille d’Urdazuri is a church.
House of the Infanta
Historic building
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House of the Infanta is a historic building.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Saint-Jean-de-Luz and Ciboure.
Saint-Jean-de-Luz
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Saint-Jean-de-Luz & 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.
Ciboure
Village
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Ciboure is a commune in the south-western French department of Pyrénées-Atlantiques. It lies across the river Nivelle from the harbour of Saint-Jean-de-Luz.
Urrugne
Village
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Urrugne is a village and a commune in the Pyrénées-Atlantiques department in south-western France. It is part of the traditional Basque province of Labourd. Urrugne is situated 4½ km southwest of Nivelle.
Nivelle
- Categories: river and body of water
- Location: France, Europe
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Satellite Map
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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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