Arc
The Arc is an 83-kilometre long river in Southern France. It arises at an elevation of 470 metres, close to the village of Pourcieux. It then passes through Aix-en-Provence before flowing into the Étang de Berre, a lagoon connected with the Mediterranean Sea to the west of Marseille.Photo: Fr.Latreille, CC BY-SA 3.0.
- Type: Stream
- Description: river in Provence, France
- Also known as: “Arc River”, “L’Arc”, and “L’Arc Rivière”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Centrale de Saint-Chamas.
Centrale de Saint-Chamas
Building
Photo: Borvan53, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Centrale de Saint-Chamas is a building, which is situated 4 km northwest of Arc.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Berre-l’Étang and Saint-Chamas.
Berre-l’Étang
Town
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Berre-l'Étang is a commune in the Bouches-du-Rhône department in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region in southern France. Berre-l’Étang is situated 6 km southeast of Arc.
Saint-Chamas
Village
Photo: Reinie, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Saint-Chamas is a commune in the department of Bouches-du-Rhône in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region in southern France. Saint-Chamas is situated 8 km northwest of Arc.
Lançon-Provence
Village
Photo: Fr.Latreille, Public domain.
Lançon-Provence is a commune in the Bouches-du-Rhône department in southern France. Lançon-Provence is situated 9 km north of Arc.
Arc
- Categories: river and body of water
- Location: Bouches-du-Rhône, Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur, France, Europe
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Asturian to Venetian—“Arc” goes by many names.
- Asturian: “Ríu Arc”
- Belarusian: “Арк”
- Cebuano: “Arc”
- Chinese: “阿克河”
- Chinese: “阿尔克河”
- Chinese: “阿爾克河”
- Dutch: “Arc (Provence)”
- Dutch: “Arc”
- French: “Arc”
- German: “Arc (Mittelmeer)”
- German: “Arc”
- Hungarian: “Arc”
- Indonesian: “Arc (provence)”
- Indonesian: “Arc (Provence)”
- Indonesian: “Arc”
- Irish: “Arc”
- Italian: “Arc”
- Japanese: “アルク川”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Arc i Provence”
- Occitan (post 1500): “Lar”
- Persian: “آرک (پرووانس)”
- Persian: “آرک”
- Russian: “Арк (река в Провансе)”
- Russian: “Арк (река)”
- Russian: “Арк”
- Serbian: “Арк”
- Spanish: “Arc”
- Tajik: “Орк”
- Venetian: “Arc”
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Étang de Berre and Berre Railway Station.
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