Arc
The Arc is a 127-kilometre-long river in the Savoie département of south-eastern France. It is a left tributary of the Isère, which it joins at Chamousset, approximately 15 km downstream from Albertville.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Stream
- Description: river in Savoie, France
- Also known as: “L’Arc Rivière”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Église Saint-Maurice de Chamousset and Chamousset station.
Église Saint-Maurice de Chamousset
Church
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Église Saint-Maurice de Chamousset is a church.
Chamousset station
Railway stop
Chamousset is a railway station located in Chamousset, Savoie, France. The station was opened on 20 October 1856 and is located on the Culoz–Modane railway. The train services are operated by SNCF.
Fortress of Miolans
The Fortress of Miolans is a former fortress prison located in a remote area of Savoy in France. The site, which has been occupied since the fourth century AD, strategically controlled the route across the junction of the Isere and Arc rivers.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Chamousset and Bourgneuf.
Chamousset
Village
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Chamousset is a commune in the Savoie department in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region in south-eastern France.
Bourgneuf
Village
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Bourgneuf is a commune in the Savoie department in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region in south-eastern France.
Fréterive
Village
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Fréterive is a commune in the Savoie department in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region in south-eastern France.
Arc
- Categories: river and body of water
- Location: Savoie, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France, Europe
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Satellite Map
Discover Arc from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
In Other Languages
From Arabic to Venetian—“Arc” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “آرك (نهر)”
- Arabic: “آرك”
- Asturian: “Ríu Arc”
- Basque: “Arc”
- Catalan: “Arc”
- Cebuano: “Arc”
- Chinese: “阿尔克河”
- Czech: “Arc”
- Danish: “Arc (Savoie)”
- Danish: “Arc”
- Dutch: “Arc (Isere)”
- Dutch: “Arc”
- Finnish: “Arc”
- French: “Arc”
- Georgian: “არკი”
- German: “Arc (Isère)”
- German: “Arc”
- Greek: “Αρκ (ποταμός)”
- Greek: “Αρκ”
- Hungarian: “Arc”
- Indonesian: “Arc (savoie)”
- Indonesian: “Arc (Savoie)”
- Indonesian: “Arc”
- Irish: “Arc”
- Italian: “Arc”
- Italian: “Arco”
- Japanese: “アルク川”
- Latin: “Arcus”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Arc i Savoie”
- Piemontese: “Arc”
- Polish: “Arc”
- Portuguese: “Arc (Savoie)”
- Portuguese: “Rio Arc (Saboia)”
- Portuguese: “Rio Arc”
- Russian: “Арк (приток Изера)”
- Russian: “Арк”
- Slovak: “Arc”
- Slovenian: “Arc”
- Spanish: “Arc”
- Spanish: “Río Arc”
- Venetian: “Fiume Arc”
Places with the Same Name
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Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Chamousset and Bourgneuf.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Chamousset Railway Station and St-Pierre-d’Albigny Railway Station.
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About Mapcarta. Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Arc”. Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.