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.
- 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 Town hall of Barbentane.
Chateau de Barbentane
Castle
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
Maison des Chevaliers
Historic building
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Ile Piot and Rognonas.
Rognonas
Village
Avignon
Durance
- Categories: river and body of water
- Location: Bouches-du-Rhône, Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur, France, Europe
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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
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Satellite Map
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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
Explore places such as Barbentane and Les Angles.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Avignon TGV station and Ile Piot.
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