The Volp is a river of southwestern
France
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. It is a right tributary of the
Garonne
The Garonne ( , ; Catalan language, Catalan, Basque language, Basque and , ;
or ) is a river that flows in southwest France and northern Spain. It flows from the central Spanish Pyrenees to the Gironde estuary at the French port of Bordeaux †...
, which it joins upstream of
Cazères
Cazères (; ), 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 seat (capital) ...
,
Haute-Garonne
Haute-Garonne (; , ; ''Upper Garonne'') is a department in the southwestern French region of Occitanie. Named after the river Garonne, which flows through the department. Its prefecture and main city is Toulouse, the country's fourth-largest. ...
.
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 (; , ; ''Upper Garonne'') is a department in the southwestern French region of Occitanie. Named after the river Garonne, which flows through the department. Its prefecture and main city is Toulouse, the country's fourth-largest. ...
:
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 in the French department of Haute-Garonne.
The ...
References
Rivers of France
Rivers of Ariège (department)
Rivers of Haute-Garonne
Rivers of Occitania (administrative region)
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