Briance
The Briance is a 57.7 km long river in the Haute-Vienne département, central France. Its source is at La Croisille-sur-Briance. It flows generally northwest.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Stream
- Description: river in France
- Also known as: “Briance River” and “La Briance Rivière”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Église Notre-Dame de l’Aiguille and L’Aiguille station.
Église Notre-Dame de l’Aiguille
Church
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Église Notre-Dame de l’Aiguille is a church.
L’Aiguille station
Railway stop
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l'Aiguille is a railway station in Bosmie-l'Aiguille, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France. The station is located on the Limoges-Bénédictins - Périgueux railway line. The station is served by TER services operated by SNCF.
Château de Gigondas
Castle
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Château de Gigondas is a castle, which is situated 2½ km north of Briance.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Bosmie-l’Aiguille and Condat-sur-Vienne.
Bosmie-l’Aiguille
Village
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Bosmie-l'Aiguille is a commune in the Haute-Vienne department in the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region in western France.
Condat-sur-Vienne
Village
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Condat-sur-Vienne is a commune in the Haute-Vienne department in the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region in western France. Condat-sur-Vienne is situated 2½ km northeast of Briance.
Beynac
Village
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Beynac is a commune in the Haute-Vienne department in the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region in central-western France. Inhabitants are known as Beynacois in French. Beynac is situated 3 km southwest of Briance.
Briance
- Categories: river and body of water
- Location: Haute-Vienne, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France, Europe
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Asturian to Venetian—“Briance” goes by many names.
- Asturian: “Ríu Briance”
- Catalan: “Briança”
- Cebuano: “Briance”
- Chinese: “布里揚斯河”
- Dutch: “Briance”
- French: “Briance”
- French: “la Briance”
- German: “Briance”
- Irish: “Briance”
- Occitan (post 1500): “Briança”
- Polish: “Briance”
- Portuguese: “Briance”
- Portuguese: “Rio Briance”
- Russian: “Брианс”
- Russian: “Брианса”
- Serbian: “Briance”
- Serbian: “Бријанс”
- Spanish: “Briance”
- Venetian: “Fiume Briance”
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Localities in the Area
Explore places such as L’Aiguille and Lotissement du Panorama.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include L’Aiguille Railway Station and Aixe sur Vienne Railway Station.
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