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.

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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. Historically and culturally, the commune is in the Aganaguès region or Ariège plain, sometimes called lower Ariège, or Ariège foothills.

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.