Arques
The river Arques is a watercourse located in the Seine-Maritime département of the Normandy region of north-western France. Only 6 kilometres in length, the river is formed by the confluence of three rivers at Arques-la-Bataille: the Eaulne, the Béthune and the Varenne which drain the pays de Caux and the pays de Bray.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Stream
- Description: river in France
- Also known as: “L’Arques”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Estran Cité de la mer and Notre-Dame-de-Bon-Secours Chapel of Dieppe.
Notre-Dame-de-Bon-Secours Chapel of Dieppe
Church
Photo: touzainphilippe, CC BY 3.0.
The Notre-Dame-de-Bon-Secours chapel in Dieppe was built in 1876 for sailors who died at sea. It was first a place of pilgrimage before being a parish church, and stands on the coast of the English Channel.
Dieppe station
Railway station
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Dieppe station is the train station for the town of Dieppe, Seine-Maritime and was built by Chemins de fer de Paris à Cherbourg and opened on 28 July 1848.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Dieppe and Berneval-le-Grand.
Dieppe
Photo: Ennepetaler86, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Dieppe is a town in Normandy on the north coast of France, approximately opposite Brighton on the English coast. Dieppe has a long and interesting history, having been an important port linking William the Conqueror's English kingdom with his Normandy duchy in the 11th century, and later an important port for smuggling.
Berneval-le-Grand
Village
Photo: Camille Pissarro, Public domain.
Berneval-le-Grand is a former commune in the Seine-Maritime department in the Normandy region in northern France. On 1 January 2016, it was merged into the new commune of Petit-Caux. Berneval-le-Grand is situated 8 km east of Arques.
Sauchay
Village
Photo: APictche, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Sauchay is a commune in the Seine-Maritime department in the Normandy region in northern France. Sauchay is situated 8 km east of Arques.
Arques
- Categories: river and body of water
- Location: Seine-Maritime, Normandy, France, Europe
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Asturian to Venetian—“Arques” goes by many names.
- Asturian: “Ríu Arques”
- Belarusian: “Аркес”
- Breton: “Arques”
- Catalan: “Arques”
- Cebuano: “Arques”
- Chinese: “阿尔克河”
- Chinese: “阿爾克河”
- Dutch: “Arques (rivier)”
- Dutch: “Arques”
- French: “Arques”
- German: “Arques”
- Irish: “Arques”
- Japanese: “アルク川”
- Latin: “Arcae (flumen)”
- Latin: “Arcae”
- Portuguese: “Arques (rio)”
- Portuguese: “Rio Arques”
- Spanish: “Arques”
- Venetian: “Fiume Arques”
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Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Le Pollet and Neuville-lès-Dieppe.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Dieppe Ferry Port and Château de Dieppe.
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