Durance
The Durance is a major river in Southeastern France. A left tributary of the Rhône, it is 323.2 km long. Its drainage basin is 14,472 km2. Its source is in the southwestern part of the Alps, in the Montgenèvre ski resort near Briançon; it flows southwest through the following departments and cities: The Durance's largest tributary is the Verdon.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Stream
- Description: major river in southeastern France
- Also known as: “Durance River”, “Durença”, “Durènço”, and “la Durance Rivière”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Chateau de Barbentane and Maison des Chevaliers.
Chateau de Barbentane
Castle
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Chateau de Barbentane is a castle, which is situated 2½ km south of Durance.
Maison des Chevaliers
Historic building
Photo: Telperion, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Maison des Chevaliers is a historic building, which is situated 2½ km south of Durance.
Avignon TGV station
Railway stop
Photo: Véronique PAGNIER, Public domain.
Avignon TGV is a railway station located in Avignon, France. It was opened on 10 June 2001 and is located on the LGV Méditerranée high-speed line and Avignon-Centre–Avignon TGV railway. Avignon TGV station is situated 3½ km east of Durance.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Ile Piot and Rognonas.
Ile Piot
Locality
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Ile Piot is a locality, which is situated 5 km northeast of Durance.
Rognonas
Village
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Rognonas is a commune in the Bouches-du-Rhône department in southern France. Rognonas is situated 5 km southeast of Durance.
Avignon
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Avignon is the capital of the French department of Vaucluse in Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, and is on the banks of the Rhône river. Avignon was one of the European Cities of Culture in 2000 and its historical centre has been inscribed on the UNESCO World Heritage list.
Durance
- Categories: river and body of water
- Location: Bouches-du-Rhône, Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur, France, Europe
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Yakut—“Durance” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “دورانس”
- Armenian: “Դյուրանս”
- Asturian: “Ríu Durance”
- Basque: “Durance”
- Belarusian: “Дзюранс”
- Bosnian: “Durance”
- Breton: “Durença”
- Bulgarian: “Дюранс”
- Catalan: “Durance”
- Catalan: “Durença”
- Cebuano: “Durance”
- Chinese: “迪朗斯河”
- Chuvash: “Дюранс”
- Croatian: “Durance”
- Czech: “Durance”
- Danish: “Durance”
- Dutch: “Durance (rivier)”
- Dutch: “Durance”
- Egyptian Arabic: “نهر دورانس”
- Estonian: “Durance’i jõgi”
- Estonian: “Durance”
- Finnish: “Durance”
- French: “Durance”
- French: “Durançole”
- French: “La Durance”
- Georgian: “დიურანსი”
- German: “Durance”
- German: “Durancetal”
- German: “Durançole”
- Greek: “Ντυράνς”
- Hebrew: “דוראנס”
- Hungarian: “Durance”
- Irish: “Durance”
- Italian: “Druenza”
- Italian: “Durance”
- Japanese: “デュランス川”
- Latin: “Druentia”
- Lithuanian: “Diuransas”
- Luxembourgish: “Durance”
- Macedonian: “Диранс”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Durance”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Durance”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Durença”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Durènço”
- Norwegian: “Durance”
- Occitan (post 1500): “Durença”
- Persian: “دورانس”
- Piemontese: “Durance”
- Polish: “Durance”
- Portuguese: “Rio Durance”
- Romanian: “Durance”
- Russian: “Дюранс”
- Russian: “Дюранса”
- Serbian: “Диранс”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Durance”
- Slovak: “Durance”
- Slovenian: “Durance”
- Slovenian: “Durancetal”
- Slovenian: “Durançole”
- South Azerbaijani: “دورانس چایی”
- Spanish: “Durance”
- Spanish: “Duranza”
- Spanish: “rio Durance”
- Spanish: “río Durance”
- Spanish: “Río Durance”
- Spanish: “rio Duranza”
- Spanish: “río Duranza”
- Swedish: “Durance”
- Ukrainian: “Дюранс”
- Venetian: “Fiume Durance”
- Yakut: “Дюранс өрүс”
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Localities in the Area
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Ile Piot and Forêt de Barbentane.
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