The Volp is a river of southwestern
France
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. It is a right tributary of the
Garonne
The Garonne (, also , ; Occitan, Catalan, Basque, and es, Garona, ; la, Garumna
or ) is a river of southwest France and northern Spain. It flows from the central Spanish Pyrenees to the Gironde estuary at the French port of Bordeaux – a ...
, which it joins upstream of
Cazères
Cazères (; oc, Casèras), or sometimes locally called as Cazères-sur-Garonne, is a small town and commune in the Haute-Garonne department in southwestern France. Cazères station has rail connections to Toulouse, Pau and Tarbes. It is the sea ...
,
Haute-Garonne
Haute-Garonne (; oc, Nauta Garona, ; en, Upper Garonne) is a department in the Occitanie region of Southwestern France. Named after the river Garonne, which flows through the department. Its prefecture and main city is Toulouse, the country' ...
.
A flood in 1993 ruined a marginal amount of cropland.
In 1912 ice-age cave paintings were discovered in a cave along the length of the Volp. See
Trois Frères
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.
Notable places along the river include:
*
Ariège:
Sainte-Croix-Volvestre
Sainte-Croix-Volvestre ( Languedocien: ''Senta Crotz de Volvèstre'') is a commune in the Ariège department in southwestern France.
Population
Inhabitants of Sainte-Croix-Volvestre are called ''Croissants''.
See also
*Communes of the A ...
*
Haute-Garonne
Haute-Garonne (; oc, Nauta Garona, ; en, Upper Garonne) is a department in the Occitanie region of Southwestern France. Named after the river Garonne, which flows through the department. Its prefecture and main city is Toulouse, the country' ...
:
Le Plan
Le Plan () is a commune in the Haute-Garonne department in southwestern France.
Population
See also
*Communes of the Haute-Garonne department
The following is a list of the 586 communes of the French department of Haute-Garonne.
The comm ...
References
Rivers of France
Rivers of Ariège (department)
Rivers of Haute-Garonne
Rivers of Occitania (administrative region)
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