|
Boulzane
The Boulzane (; ) is a river in the south of France. It is long. Its source is in Aude, near Montfort-sur-Boulzane. It flows through Lapradelle-Puilaurens, Gincla, Caudiès-de-Fenouillèdes before it empties into the Agly near Saint-Paul-de-Fenouillet Saint-Paul-de-Fenouillet (; Languedocien dialect, Languedocien: ''Sant Pau de Fenolhet'') is a Communes of France, commune in the Pyrénées-Orientales Departments of France, department in southern France. Geography Saint-Paul-de-Fenouillet is .... Tributaries * Babils * Ginnesta References Rivers of France Rivers of Aude Rivers of Pyrénées-Orientales Rivers of Occitania (administrative region) {{France-river-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Montfort-sur-Boulzane
Montfort-sur-Boulzane (, literally ''Montfort on Boulzane''; ) is a Communes of France, commune in the Aude Departments of France, department in southern France. Population See also *Communes of the Aude department References Communes of Aude Aude communes articles needing translation from French Wikipedia {{Aude-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lapradelle-Puilaurens
Puilaurens (, also non-officially: ''Lapradelle-Puilaurens''; ) is a commune in the Aude department in southern France. It includes the hamlets of Lapradelle, Puilaurens and Lavignac. It is known for the medieval Puilaurens Castle. Geography The commune is situated on the Boulzane river and the Green Meridian. History The built-up area of Lapradelle did not exist until the 19th century and owes its development to activities related to water power taken from the Boulzane: textile spinning and sawmills. In 1904, a railway was constructed from Quillan to Rivesaltes (the Carcassonne - Rivesaltes Line) passing through Lapradelle on a viaduct spanning the valley of the Boulzane. The line carried passengers until 1939. Afterwards it was used to transport feldspar between the Aude and the Pyrénées-Orientales, the railway line is today used in the summer for a tourist train, running between Axat and Rivesaltes. In 1868, Puilaurens lost the hamlets of Salvezines and Le Caunil, es ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Agly
The Agly (; ; ) is a river located in southern France.With a length of 79.9 km (49.6 mi), it originates in the hills of the Corbières Massif near Camps-sur-l'Agly. The river passes through various towns and villages including Saint-Paul-de-Fenouillet, Estagel, Rivesaltes and Saint-Laurent-de-la-Salanque before it flows into the Mediterranean Sea The Mediterranean Sea ( ) is a sea connected to the Atlantic Ocean, surrounded by the Mediterranean basin and almost completely enclosed by land: on the east by the Levant in West Asia, on the north by Anatolia in West Asia and Southern Eur ... near Le Barcarès. Tributaries * Boulzane * Désix * Verdouble References Rivers of France Rivers of Aude Rivers of Pyrénées-Orientales Rivers of Occitania (administrative region) 0Agly {{France-river-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Caudiès-de-Fenouillèdes
Caudiès-de-Fenouillèdes (, ; ) is a commune in the Pyrénées-Orientales department in southern France. Geography Localisation Caudiès-de-Fenouillèdes is located in the canton of La Vallée de l'Agly and in the arrondissement of Perpignan. Toponymy The name of the town in Occitan is ''Caudiers de Fenolledès'' (historical form), ''de Fenolhedés'' (normalized form) or ''de Fenolhet'' (by similarity with other nearby communes).Lluís Basseda, Toponymie historique de Catalunya Nord, t. 1, Prades, Revista Terra Nostra, 1990, 796 p. The name first appears in 1011 as ''Caldarios''. It is then written as ''Cauders'' in the 14th century, and then ''Caudies'' from the 15th to the 17th centuries, and then as ''Caudiers'' or ''Caudiès'' in modern Occitan. In French, the official name is ''Caudiès'' in 1790, when the village becomes a commune, even though the names of ''Caudiès-de-Fenouillèdes'' or ''Caudiès-de-Saint-Paul'' were already in use.Jean-Pierre Pélissier, P ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aude
Aude ( ; ) is a Departments of France, department in Southern France, located in the Occitania (administrative region), Occitanie Regions of France, region and named after the river Aude (river), Aude. The departmental council also calls it "Catharism, Cathar Country" (French: ''Pays cathare'') after a group of religious dissidents active in the 12th to 14th centuries. Its Prefectures in France, prefecture is Carcassonne and its Subprefectures in France, subprefectures are Limoux and Narbonne. As of 2019, it had a population of 374,070.Populations légales 2019: 11 Aude INSEE Aude is a frequent feminine French given name in Francophone countries, deriving initially from Aude or Oda, a wife of Bertrand, Duke of Aquitaine, and mother of Eudo, brother of Saint Hubertus. Aude was the name of Aude ( ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
France
France, officially the French Republic, is a country located primarily in Western Europe. Overseas France, Its overseas regions and territories include French Guiana in South America, Saint Pierre and Miquelon in the Atlantic Ocean#North Atlantic, North Atlantic, the French West Indies, and List of islands of France, many islands in Oceania and the Indian Ocean, giving it Exclusive economic zone of France, one of the largest discontiguous exclusive economic zones in the world. Metropolitan France shares borders with Belgium and Luxembourg to the north; Germany to the northeast; Switzerland to the east; Italy and Monaco to the southeast; Andorra and Spain to the south; and a maritime border with the United Kingdom to the northwest. Its metropolitan area extends from the Rhine to the Atlantic Ocean and from the Mediterranean Sea to the English Channel and the North Sea. Its Regions of France, eighteen integral regions—five of which are overseas—span a combined area of and hav ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
River
A river is a natural stream of fresh water that flows on land or inside Subterranean river, caves towards another body of water at a lower elevation, such as an ocean, lake, or another river. A river may run dry before reaching the end of its course if it runs out of water, or only flow during certain seasons. Rivers are regulated by the water cycle, the processes by which water moves around the Earth. Water first enters rivers through precipitation, whether from rainfall, the Runoff (hydrology), runoff of water down a slope, the melting of glaciers or snow, or seepage from aquifers beneath the surface of the Earth. Rivers flow in channeled watercourses and merge in confluences to form drainage basins, or catchments, areas where surface water eventually flows to a common outlet. Rivers have a great effect on the landscape around them. They may regularly overflow their Bank (geography), banks and flood the surrounding area, spreading nutrients to the surrounding area. Sedime ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gincla
Gincla (; ) is a commune in the Aude department in southern France. Population See also *Communes of the Aude department The following is a list of the 433 Communes of France, communes of the Aude Departments of France, department of France. The communes cooperate in the following Communes of France#Intercommunality, intercommunalities (as of 2025): References Communes of Aude Aude communes articles needing translation from French Wikipedia {{Aude-geo-stub ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Saint-Paul-de-Fenouillet
Saint-Paul-de-Fenouillet (; Languedocien dialect, Languedocien: ''Sant Pau de Fenolhet'') is a Communes of France, commune in the Pyrénées-Orientales Departments of France, department in southern France. Geography Saint-Paul-de-Fenouillet is located in the canton of La Vallée de l'Agly and in the arrondissement of Perpignan. Government and politics Mayors International relations Saint-Paul-de-Fenouillet is twinned with the town of Ennis in the Republic of Ireland. Population Sites of interest * The church of the chapter (religion), chapter of Saint-Paul, built between the 14th and 17th centuries and protected as a monument historique since 1989. * The Saint-Antoine de Galamus hermitage, built in the 15th century, and described in 1821 by Joseph Antoine Cervini and Antoine Ignace Melling as the « most beautiful wonder of Roussillon ».Fabricio CardenasVieux papiers des Pyrénées-Orientales, ''La plus belle merveille du Roussillon en 1821'' 27 April 2015 C ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rivers Of France
This is a list of rivers that are at least partially in France. The rivers are grouped by sea or ocean. The rivers flowing into the sea are sorted along the coast. Rivers flowing into other rivers are listed by the rivers they flow into. Some rivers (e.g. Sûre/Sauer) do not flow through France themselves, but they are mentioned for having French tributaries. They are given in ''italics''. For clarity, only rivers that are longer than 50 km (or have longer tributaries) are shown. In French, rivers are traditionally classified either as ''fleuves'' when they flow into the sea (or into a desert or lake), or as ''rivières'' when they flow into another river. The ''fleuves'' are shown in bold. For an alphabetical overview of rivers of France, see the category Rivers of France. Tributary list North Sea The rivers in this section are sorted north-east (Netherlands) to south-west (Calais). * Rhine/Rhin (main branch at Hook of Holland, Netherlands) ** Moselle (in Koblenz, Germ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
