Noria

A noria is a hydropowered scoop wheel used to lift water into a small , either for the purpose of irrigation or to supply water to cities and villages.
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  • Type: Historic site
  • Description: machine activated by water power and used for lifting water into a small aqueduct
  • Also known as: “noria”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Église Saint-Hippolyte de Fontès and Église Saint-Alban de Neffiès.

Church
Photo: Fagairolles 34, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is a church, which is situated 2 km northeast of Noria.

Church
Photo: Fagairolles 34, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is a church, which is situated 2 km west of Noria.

Church
Photo: Fagairolles 34, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is a church, which is situated 2½ km south of Noria.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Pézenas.

Photo: Christian Ferrer, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is a commune in the department in the region in southern .

Noria

Latitude
43.52983° or 43° 31′ 47″ north
Longitude
3.35789° or 3° 21′ 28″ east
Open location code
8FM5G9H5+W5
Open­Street­Map ID
node 13810889386
Open­Street­Map feature
historic=­yes
Open­Street­Map feature
man_made=­water_wheel
Wiki­data ID
Q756952
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Western Panjabi—“Noria” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “النواعير”
  • Arabic: “ساقية”
  • Arabic: “سانية”
  • Arabic: “ناعور”
  • Arabic: “ناعورة”
  • Arabic: “نواعير”
  • Bulgarian: “Нория”
  • Catalan: “sénia”
  • Catalan: “sínia”
  • Catalan: “Sínia”
  • Chinese: “阿纳厄”
  • Czech: “zdvižné čerpadlo”
  • Czech: “Zdvižné čerpadlo”
  • Dagbani: “Noria”
  • Dutch: “noria (molen)”
  • Dutch: “noria”
  • Dutch: “Noria”
  • Esperanto: “norio”
  • Esperanto: “Norio”
  • Fanti: “Noria”
  • Farefare: “Noria”
  • Finnish: “noria”
  • Finnish: “vesipyörä”
  • French: “noria”
  • French: “Noria”
  • French: “Puiserande”
  • Galician: “nora (máquina hidráulica)”
  • Galician: “nora”
  • Galician: “Nora”
  • Georgian: “ნორია”
  • German: “Schöpfrad”
  • Hebrew: “נוריה”
  • Hungarian: “Vízemelő kerék”
  • Ido: “norio”
  • Ido: “Norio”
  • Italian: “noria”
  • Italian: “Noria”
  • Japanese: “ノーリア”
  • Japanese: “水汲み水車”
  • Kazakh: “Шөмішті элеватор”
  • Korean: “노리아”
  • Latin: “antlitrochus”
  • Latin: “Antlitrochus”
  • Latvian: “norija”
  • Latvian: “Norija”
  • Malay: “noria”
  • Malay: “Noria”
  • Mossi: “Noria”
  • Official Aramaic (700-300 BCE): “ܢܥܘܪܬܐ”
  • Persian: “ناوره”
  • Polish: “noria”
  • Polish: “Noria”
  • Portuguese: “nora (água)”
  • Portuguese: “nora”
  • Portuguese: “Nora”
  • Russian: “Водоподъёмное колесо”
  • Russian: “Наклонный элеватор”
  • Russian: “Нория”
  • Russian: “Элеватор”
  • Southern Dagaare: “noria”
  • Southern Dagaare: “Noria”
  • Spanish: “noria”
  • Spanish: “Noria”
  • Telugu: “జలరాట్నం”
  • Thai: “Water wheel”
  • Thai: “ระหัด”
  • Thai: “ระหัดวิดน้ำ”
  • Ukrainian: “Норія”
  • Welsh: “Noria”
  • Western Panjabi: “نوریا”

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