Hers-Vif
The Hers-Vif, also named Grand Hers or simply Hers, is a 135-kilometre long river in southern France, right tributary of the Ariège. The Hers-Vif rises at an elevation of about 1,500 metres near the Chioula Pass of the Pyrenees, approximately 6 kilometres north of Ax-les-Thermes.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Stream
- Description: river in France
- Also known as: “Grand Lhers Rivière”, “Hers Vif”, “Hers-Vif River”, “L’Hers Rivière”, and “Le Grand Lhers Rivière”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Abbey of Boulbonne and Église Notre-Dame de Cintegabelle.
Abbey of Boulbonne
Historic site
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Abbey of Boulbonne is a historic site.
Église Notre-Dame de Cintegabelle
Church
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Église Notre-Dame de Cintegabelle is a church.
Cintegabelle station
Railway stop
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Cintegabelle is a railway station in Cintegabelle, Occitanie, France. The station is located on the Portet-Saint-Simon–Puigcerdà railway. The station is served by TER services operated by the SNCF. Cintegabelle station is situated 2½ km west of Hers-Vif.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Cintegabelle and Auterive.
Cintegabelle
Village
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Cintegabelle is a commune in the Haute-Garonne department in southwestern France.
Auterive
Town
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Auterive is a commune in the Haute-Garonne department in southwestern France. Auterive station has rail connections to Toulouse, Foix and Latour-de-Carol. It is the seat of the canton of Auterive. Auterive is situated 8 km northwest of Hers-Vif.
Saverdun
Village
Photo: Gaël Le Mab, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Saverdun is a commune in the Ariège department in southwestern France. Saverdun is situated 8 km south of Hers-Vif.
Hers-Vif
- Categories: river and body of water
- Location: Haute-Garonne, Occitanie, France, Europe
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Asturian to Venetian—“Hers-Vif” goes by many names.
- Asturian: “Ríu Hers-Vif”
- Catalan: “Erç Viu”
- Catalan: “Erç”
- Catalan: “Gran Erç”
- Cebuano: “Hers”
- Chinese: “埃尔斯维夫河”
- Dutch: “Hers-Vif”
- Egyptian Arabic: “نهر هيرس ڤيف”
- French: “Grand-Hers”
- French: “Hers-Vif”
- French: “Hers”
- German: “Hers-Vif”
- Hungarian: “Hers-Vif”
- Irish: “Hers-Vif”
- Italian: “Hers-Vif”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Hers-Vif”
- Occitan (post 1500): “Erç Viu”
- Polish: “Hers-Vif”
- Serbian: “Ерс Виф”
- Slovenian: “Hers-Vif”
- Spanish: “Hers-Vif”
- Venetian: “Fiume Hers-Vif”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Picarrou and Aignes.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Saverdun station and Auterive Railway Station.
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