Durance

The Durance is a major river in Southeastern . A left tributary of the , it is 323.2 km long. Its drainage basin is 14,472 km2. Its source is in the southwestern part of the , in the ski resort near ; it flows southwest through the following departments and cities: The Durance's largest tributary is the .
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  • Type: Stream
  • Description: major river in southeastern France
  • Also known as: “Druenza”, “Durance (rivier)”, “Durance River”, “Durance’i jõgi”, “Durancetal”, “Durançole”, “Duranza”, “Durènço”, “La Durance”, “la Durance Rivière”, “rio Durance”, “río Durance”, “rio Duranza”, “río Duranza”, and “Дюранса”

Places of Interest

Highlights: Chateau de Barbentane and Town hall of Barbentane.

Castle
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is a castle, which is situated 2½ km south of Durance.

Town hall
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is situated 2½ km south of Durance.

Historic building
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is a historic building, which is situated 2½ km south of Durance.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Ile Piot and Rognonas.

Locality
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is a locality, which is situated 5 km northeast of Durance.

Village
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is a commune in the department in southern . is situated 5 km southeast of Durance.

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is the capital of the French department…

Durance

Latitude
43.92276° or 43° 55′ 22″ north
Longitude
4.74409° or 4° 44′ 39″ east
Elevation
16 metres (52 feet)
Open location code
8FM6WPFV+4J
Geo­Names ID
3020668
Wiki­data ID
Q754718
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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: “Durença”
  • Cebuano: “Durance”
  • Chinese: “迪朗斯河”
  • Chuvash: “Дюранс”
  • Croatian: “Durance”
  • Czech: “Durance”
  • Danish: “Durance”
  • Dutch: “Durance”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “نهر دورانس”
  • Estonian: “Durance”
  • Finnish: “Durance”
  • French: “Durance”
  • Georgian: “დიურანსი”
  • German: “Durance”
  • Greek: “Ντυράνς”
  • Hebrew: “דוראנס”
  • Hungarian: “Durance”
  • Irish: “Durance”
  • Italian: “Durance”
  • Japanese: “デュランス川”
  • Latin: “Druentia”
  • Lithuanian: “Diuransas”
  • Luxembourgish: “Durance”
  • Macedonian: “Диранс”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Durance”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Durance”
  • Norwegian: “Durance”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “Durença”
  • Persian: “دورانس”
  • Piemontese: “Durance”
  • Polish: “Durance”
  • Portuguese: “Rio Durance”
  • Romanian: “Durance”
  • Russian: “Дюранс”
  • Serbian: “Диранс”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Durance”
  • Slovak: “Durance”
  • Slovenian: “Durance”
  • South Azerbaijani: “دورانس چایی”
  • Spanish: “Durance”
  • Spanish: “Río Durance”
  • Swedish: “Durance”
  • Ukrainian: “Дюранс”
  • Venetian: “Fiume Durance”
  • Yakut: “Дюранс өрүс”

Places with the Same Name

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Localities in the Area

Places to explore: Barbentane and Les Angles.

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights: Avignon TGV station and Ile Piot.

Bouches-du-Rhône: Must-Visit Destinations

Worth a closer look: Marseille and Aix-en-Provence.

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