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Arve (river)
The Arve (french: L'Arve, ) is a river in France (''département'' of Haute-Savoie), and Switzerland (canton of Geneva). A left tributary of the Rhône, it is long, of which 9 km in Switzerland. Its catchment area is , of which 80 km2 in Switzerland. Its average discharge in Geneva is . Rising in the northern side of the Mont Blanc massif in the Alps, close to the Swiss border, it receives water from the many glaciers of the Chamonix valley (mainly the Mer de Glace) before flowing north-west into the Rhône on the west side of Geneva, where its much higher level of silt brings forth a striking contrast between the two rivers. The Arve flows through Chamonix, Sallanches, Oëx, Cluses, Bonneville, Annemasse and Geneva. Tributaries include, from source to mouth: Arveyron, Diosaz, Bon-Nant, Sallanche, Giffre, Borne, Menoge, Foron, Seymaz and Aire. Gallery Image:Rhône and Arve Junction.jpg, The Arve (right) meets the Rhône in Geneva Geneva ( ; french: G ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Annemasse
Annemasse (; Arpitan: ''Anemâsse'') is a commune in the Haute-Savoie department in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region in Eastern France. Even though it covers a relatively small territory (4.98 km2 or 1.92 sq mi), it is Haute-Savoie's second most populous commune after the prefecture Annecy, with 36,250 residents as of 2018.Téléchargement du fichier d'ensemble des populations légales en 2017 INSEE Annemasse is part of the Grand Genève (Greater Geneva), a transborder agg ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cluses
Cluses (; frp, Clluses) is a commune in the Haute-Savoie department in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region in southeastern France. Citizens are known as ''Clusiens''. The commune is situated in the Arve Valley, on the river which bears the same name. Cluses is known for its Alpine setting and (during the first part of the 20th century) its watch-making industry. Geography The town is located in the Arve Valley, in the region Faucigny. Situated between Geneva and Chamonix, Cluses is located near a number of popular ski slopes. Population History During the Roman era, a bridge, was built across the Arve River. Travelers crossing the bridge soon stimulated trade in the area, and the first village was born at the center of the "cluse" (a narrow valley), situated between the mountains and the Arve River. Cluses became an independent commune on 4 May 1310. The Baron Hughes of Faucigny had an important role in the town's evolution as an independent commune. In 1720, Claude-Jo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rivers Of Switzerland
The following is a list of rivers in Switzerland: Rivers by length (> 100 km, only the length in Switzerland) #Rhine - 375 km - 36,494 km2 #Aare (or Aar) - 295 km - 17,779 km2 #Rhône - 264 km - 10,403 km2 # Reuss - 158 km - 3,425 km2 #Linth and Limmat together - 140 km - 2,416 km2 # Saane/La Sarine - 128 km - 1,892 km2 #Thur - 125 km Rivers by drainage area (> 1000 km2, only the area in Switzerland) #Rhine - 375 km - 36,494 km2 #Aare - 295 km - 17,779 km2 #Rhône - 264 km - 10,403 km2 # Reuss - 158 km - 3,425 km2 #Linth / Limmat - 140 km - 2,416 km2 #Inn - 104 km - 2,150 km2 # Saane/La Sarine - 128 km - 1,892 km2 #Thur - 125 km - 1,724 km2 #Ticino - 91 km - 1,616 km2 #Hinterrhein - 57.3 km - 1,693 km2 #Vorderrhein - 67.5 km - 1,514 km2 #Doubs - 74 km - 1,310 km2 # Kander - 44 km ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Geneva, Switzerland
Geneva ( ; french: Genève ) frp, Genèva ; german: link=no, Genf ; it, Ginevra ; rm, Genevra is the second-most populous city in Switzerland (after Zürich) and the most populous city of Romandy, the French-speaking part of Switzerland. Situated in the south west of the country, where the Rhône exits Lake Geneva, it is the capital of the Republic and Canton of Geneva. The city of Geneva () had a population 201,818 in 2019 (Jan. estimate) within its small municipal territory of , but the Canton of Geneva (the city and its closest Swiss suburbs and exurbs) had a population of 499,480 (Jan. 2019 estimate) over , and together with the suburbs and exurbs located in the canton of Vaud and in the French departments of Ain and Haute-Savoie the cross-border Geneva metropolitan area as officially defined by Eurostat, which extends over ,As of 2020, the Eurostat-defined Functional Urban Area of Geneva was made up of 93 Swiss communes and 158 French communesFederal Statistical O ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aire (Arve)
Aire may refer to: Music *''Aire'', a song on the album Chicago VII by the group Chicago (band), 1974 * ''Aire'' (Yuri album), 1987 * ''Aire'' (Pablo Ruiz album), 1997 *''Aire (Versión Día)'', an album by Jesse & Joy Places * Aire-sur-la-Lys, a town in the Pas-de-Calais département in France *Aire-la-Ville, a municipality in the Canton of Geneva, in Switzerland *Aire-sur-l'Adour, a town of Aquitaine, in the Landes département ** Roman Catholic Diocese of Aire * Aire, Ardennes, a commune in the Ardennes département in France *Aïre Aïre is a small locality in the Canton of Geneva. It is on the North bank of the river Rhone. It is near Le Lignon, a 1km long block of flats. Tourist information Aïre is run by the mairie in Vernier Village. Aïre's postcode is 1219. It has ..., a small commune in Geneva, Switzerland * Illa de l'Aire, island in the Balearics Rivers * River Aire, a river in Yorkshire, England * Aire (Aisne), a river in the Ardennes ''département'', ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Foron (Gaillard)
Voeren (; ) is a Flemish Dutch-speaking municipality with facilities for the French-speaking minority, located in the Belgian province of Limburg. Bordering the Netherlands to the north and the Wallonia region's Liège Province () to the south, it is geographically detached from the rest of Flanders, making Voeren an exclave of Flanders. Voeren's name is derived from that of a small right-bank tributary of the Meuse, the Voer, which flows through the municipality. The current municipality of Voeren was established by the municipal reform of 1977. On 1 January 2008, Voeren had a total population of 4,207. Its total area is , giving a population density of . About 25% of the population is made up of foreign nationals, most of whom have Dutch nationality. Villages The municipality consists of the six villages of 's-Gravenvoeren (french: Fouron-le-Comte), Sint-Pieters-Voeren (french: Fouron-Saint-Pierre), Sint-Martens-Voeren (french: Fouron-Saint-Martin), Moelingen (french: Moula ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Menoge
The Menoge is a French river found in the Haute-Savoie department. Its source is near the Col des Moise, and flows through Vallée Verte, into the Arve just before Annemasse. It is long. Its tributaries are: Brevon de Saxel (confluence at Boëge) Le Foron de Fillinges (confluence at Bonne), Ruisseau du Nantet (confluence at Vétraz-Montoux). Settlements along its length include: Habère-Poche, Habère-Lullin, Villard, Burdignin, Boëge, Saint-André-de-Boëge, Fillinges, Bonne, Arthaz-Pont-Notre-Dame, Cranves-Sales Cranves-Sales (; frp, Cranges) is a commune in the Haute-Savoie department in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region in south-eastern France France (), officially the French Republic ( ), is a country primarily located in Western Europe ... and Vetraz-Monthoux. References Rivers of Haute-Savoie Rivers of France Rivers of Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region articles needing translation from French Wikipedia {{France-ri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Borne (Arve)
Borne may refer to: Places * Borne, Ardèche, a commune in the Ardèche department, France * Borne, Haute-Loire, a commune in the Haute-Loire department, France * Borne, Saxony-Anhalt, a municipality in Saxony-Anhalt, Germany * Borne, North Brabant, a hamlet turned neighborhood in North Brabant, Netherlands * Borne, Overijssel, a town in Overijssel, Netherlands * Borne, Drawsko County in West Pomeranian Voivodeship, Poland * Borne, Gmina Chojnice in Pomeranian Voivodeship, Poland * Borne, Gmina Konarzyny in Pomeranian Voivodeship, Poland * Borne, Myślibórz County in West Pomeranian Voivodeship, Poland People with the surname * Alain Borne (1915–1962), 20th-century French poet and lawyer * Daisy Theresa Borne (1906–1998), British sculptor * Élisabeth Borne (born 1961), French politician * Étienne Borne (1907–1993), professor * François Borne (1840–1920), French flautist and composer * Guillaume Borne (born 1988), French footballer * Hal Borne (1911–2000), American s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
