Roya
The Roya, Roia, or Ròia is a river of France and Italy, discharging into the Ligurian Sea. It is 59 km long, of which 40.1 km in France. Its drainage basin is about 660 km2, of which 601 km2 in France.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Stream
- Description: river in France and Italy
- Also known as: “Fiume Roia”, “la Roya River”, “La Roya Rivière”, “Roia”, “Roia River”, “Roja Torrente”, “Roya Fleuve”, “Roya River”, “Roya Torrent”, and “Torrent de Roya”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Ventimiglia railway station and Ventimiglia Cathedral.
Ventimiglia railway station
Railway station
Photo: Lunon92, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Ventimiglia railway station is the main station in the Italian town of Ventimiglia. It is at the end of three rail routes: the Genoa–Ventimiglia line, the Cuneo–Ventimiglia line and the Marseille–Ventimiglia line.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Latte and Camporosso.
Camporosso
Village
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Camporosso is a comune in the Province of Imperia in the Italian region Liguria, located about 160 kilometres southwest of Genoa and about 45 kilometres west of Imperia. Camporosso is situated 3 km northeast of Roya.
Vallecrosia
Village
Photo: Patafisik, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Vallecrosia is a comune in the Province of Imperia in the Italian region Liguria, located about 120 kilometres southwest of Genoa and about 30 kilometres west of Imperia. Vallecrosia is situated 3½ km east of Roya.
Roya
- Categories: river and body of water
- Location: Ventimiglia, Province of Imperia, Liguria, Northwest Italy, Italy, Europe
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Satellite Map
Discover Roya from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
In Other Languages
From Asturian to Spanish—“Roya” goes by many names.
- Asturian: “Ríu Roya”
- Belarusian: “Руая (рака)”
- Belarusian: “Руая”
- Breton: “Roia”
- Bulgarian: “Роя”
- Catalan: “Roia”
- Catalan: “Ròia”
- Catalan: “Rutuba”
- Cebuano: “Torrent la Roya”
- Chinese: “魯瓦亞河”
- Czech: “Roia”
- Czech: “Roya”
- Dutch: “Roia”
- Dutch: “Roya”
- French: “Roya”
- German: “Roia”
- German: “Roya”
- Irish: “Roya”
- Italian: “Roia”
- Italian: “Roja”
- Japanese: “ロイア川”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Roia”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Roìa”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Roya”
- Occitan (post 1500): “Ròia”
- Polish: “Roya”
- Portuguese: “Roya”
- Russian: “Ройя (река)”
- Russian: “Руайа”
- Slovenian: “Roia”
- Slovenian: “Roya”
- Spanish: “rio Roya”
- Spanish: “río Roya”
- Spanish: “Río Roya”
- Spanish: “Roya”
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Localities in the Area
Explore places such as I Pozzi and Roverino.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include San Michele Arcangelo and Fortezza dell’Annunziata.
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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 “Roya”. Photo: Arria Belli, CC BY 2.5.