Argens
The Argens is a 116 km long river of the French Riviera. Its 2,734 km2 drainage basin is fully included in the Var department. The river goes through Vidauban, Le Muy, Roquebrune-sur-Argens, Fréjus, then it flows into the Mediterranean Sea, near Fréjus.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Stream
- Description: river in France
- Also known as: “Argens River” and “L’Argens”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Khachkar and Fréjus station.
Khachkar
Memorial
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A khachkar or Armenian cross-stone is a carved, memorial stele bearing a cross, and often with additional motifs such as rosettes, interlaces, and botanical motifs. Khachkar is situated 3 km northeast of Argens.
Fréjus station
Railway station
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Gare de Fréjus is a railway station serving Fréjus, Var department, southeastern France. It is situated on the Marseille–Ventimiglia railway. The station is served by regional trains to Nice, Marseille and Toulon. Fréjus station is situated 2½ km north of Argens.
Saint-Raphaël-Valescure station
Railway station
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Saint-Raphaël-Valescure station is a railway station serving the town Saint-Raphaël, Var department, southeastern France. It is situated on the Marseille–Ventimiglia railway. Saint-Raphaël-Valescure station is situated 3 km northeast of Argens.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Fréjus and Saint-Raphaël.
Fréjus
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Fréjus is a coastal town in the French Riviera, near St. Raphael. This Roman city's many buildings make it the richest concentration of this period in France after Arles.
Saint-Raphaël
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St. Raphaël is in the French Riviera, in the department of the Var. It is next to Fréjus. This city is spread along the coast and divided in sub-city as Theoule, Agay, Boulouris, Valescure, etc.
Puget-sur-Argens
Village
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Puget-sur-Argens is a commune in the Var department in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region in southeastern France. It is located at 687 kilometres south-east of Paris. Puget-sur-Argens is situated 7 km northwest of Argens.
Argens
- Categories: river and body of water
- Location: Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur, France, Europe
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Satellite Map
Discover Argens from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
In Other Languages
From Albanian to Venetian—“Argens” goes by many names.
- Albanian: “Argens”
- Asturian: “Ríu Argens”
- Catalan: “Riu Argenç”
- Cebuano: “Argens”
- Chinese: “阿爾讓河”
- Czech: “Argens”
- Dutch: “Argens”
- Finnish: “Argens”
- French: “Argens (cours d’eau”
- French: “Argens (Cours D’eau)”
- French: “Argens”
- Georgian: “არჟანი”
- German: “Argens”
- Indonesian: “Argens”
- Irish: “Argens”
- Italian: “Argens”
- Japanese: “アルジャン川”
- Lithuanian: “Aržansas (upė)”
- Lithuanian: “Aržansas”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Argens”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Argens”
- Occitan (post 1500): “Argenç”
- Persian: “آرژنس”
- Persian: “رودخانه ارژانس”
- Polish: “Argens”
- Portuguese: “Argens”
- Portuguese: “Rio Argens”
- Russian: “Argens”
- Russian: “Аржанс (река)”
- Russian: “Аржанс”
- Serbian: “Argens”
- Serbian: “Аржан”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Argens”
- Slovenian: “Argens”
- Spanish: “Argens”
- Tajik: “Арҷенс”
- Tajik: “Дарёи оржонс”
- Venetian: “Fiume Argens”
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