Étang de Lavalduc
Étang de Lavalduc, or La Valduc, is a saltwater lagoon with varying levels of salinity in the Mediterranean Sea, west of the Étang de Berre and north of Fos-sur-Mer.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Thierry Draus, CC BY 2.0.
- Type: Body of water
- Description: saltwater lagoon in France near the Mediterranean Sea
- Also known as: “Etang de Lavalduc” and “Lake Lavalduc”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Oppidum de Saint-Blaise and Chapelle Saint-Blaise.
Oppidum de Saint-Blaise
Archaeological site
Photo: Beris, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Oppidum de Saint-Blaise is an archaeological site.
Gare de Rassuen
Railway station
Photo: Homère plus, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Gare de Rassuen is a railway station, which is situated 3½ km north of Étang de Lavalduc.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Fos-sur-Mer and Saint-Mitre-les-Remparts.
Fos-sur-Mer
Town
Photo: Mairie de Fos, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Fos-sur-Mer is a port town and commune in the Bouches-du-Rhône department in southern France. It is one of the busiest ports in Europe despite its small size. Fos-sur-Mer is situated 3½ km southwest of Étang de Lavalduc.
Saint-Mitre-les-Remparts
Village
Photo: Beris, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Saint-Mitre-les-Remparts is a commune in the Bouches-du-Rhône department in southern France. Saint-Mitre-les-Remparts is situated 4 km east of Étang de Lavalduc.
Istres
Town
Photo: Luk, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Istres is a commune in southern France, some 60 km northwest of Marseille. It is in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region, in the Bouches-du-Rhône department, of which it is a subprefecture. Istres is situated 6 km north of Étang de Lavalduc.
Étang de Lavalduc
- Category: artificial pond
- Location: Bouches-du-Rhône, Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur, France, Europe
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Latitude
43.46455° or 43° 27′ 52″ northLongitude
4.96814° or 4° 58′ 5″ eastElevation
-12 metres (-39 feet)Open location code
8FM6FX79+R7OpenStreetMap ID
way 39174572OpenStreetMap feature
natural=water
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In Other Languages
From Basque to Venetian—“Étang de Lavalduc” goes by many names.
- Basque: “Lavalduc urmaela”
- Catalan: “estany de Lavalduc”
- Cebuano: “Étang de Lavalduc”
- Chinese: “拉瓦尔迪克湖”
- Chinese: “拉紹塞埃湖”
- Chinese: “拉绍塞埃湖”
- French: “étang de Lavalduc”
- French: “Étang de Lavalduc”
- French: “La Valduc”
- Italian: “stagno di Lavalduc”
- Korean: “라발뒤크 연못”
- Korean: “에탕 드 라발뒤크”
- Occitan (post 1500): “Estanh de la Val d’Uc”
- Occitan (post 1500): “Estanh de La Val d’Uc”
- Portuguese: “Lagoa de Lavalduc”
- Romanian: “Étang de Lavalduc”
- Scots: “Etang de Lavalduc”
- Scots: “Étang de Lavalduc”
- Ukrainian: “Етанг-де-Лавальдюк”
- Venetian: “Stagno de Lavalduc”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Lotissement de la Voie Romaine and Mazet Mistral.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Pavillon d’accueil Henri Rolland and Ville basse.
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". 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 “Étang de Lavalduc”. Photo: Thierry Draus, CC BY 2.0.