Orb (river)
The Orb (; oc, Òrb) is a long river in the department of Hérault in the south of France. It flows into the Mediterranean Sea at Valras-Plage. The river flows through the towns of Bédarieux and Béziers, where it is crossed by the canal du Midi on the Orb Aqueduct. In ancient times, the Orb was crossed at Capestang by the long Roman Pont Serme.Colin O’Connor: Roman Bridges, Cambridge University Press 1993, , p. 99 Geography The Orb flows through the following communes: * Ceilhes-et-Rocozels * Avène * Le Bousquet-d'Orb * La Tour-sur-Orb * Bédarieux * Hérépian * Lamalou-les-Bains * Le Poujol-sur-Orb * Roquebrun * Cessenon-sur-Orb * Lignan-sur-Orb * Béziers * Sauvian * Sérignan * Valras-Plage File:Pont de Cazouls.jpg, Orb river bridge at Cazouls Image:Roquebrun vue orb.JPG, The Orb at Roquebrun Image:River Orb viewed from Beziers.JPG, The Orb viewed from Béziers Tributaries The following rivers flow into the Orb: *Jaur *Lirou *Mare A mare is an adu ...
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Béziers
Béziers (; oc, Besièrs) is a Subprefectures in France, subprefecture of the Hérault Departments of France, department in the Occitania (administrative region), Occitanie Regions of France, region of Southern France. Every August Béziers hosts the famous ''Feria de Béziers'', which is centred on bullfighting. A million visitors are attracted to the five-day event. The town is located on a small Cliff, bluff above the river Orb (river), Orb, about from the Mediterranean Sea, Mediterranean coast and southwest of Montpellier. At Béziers, the Canal du Midi passes over the river Orb by means of the ''Orb Aqueduct, Pont-canal de l'Orb'', an Navigable aqueduct, aqueduct claimed to be the first of its kind. History Béziers is one of the oldest cities in France. Research published in March 2013 shows that Béziers dates from 575 BC, making it older than Agde (Greek Agathe Tyche, founded in 525 BC) and a bit younger than Marseille (Greek Massalia, founded in 600 BC ...
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La Tour-sur-Orb
La Tour-sur-Orb (; oc, La Torre d'Òrb) is a commune in the Hérault department in the Occitanie region in southern France. Population See also *Communes of the Hérault department The following is a list of the 342 Communes of France, communes of the Hérault Departments of France, department of France. The communes cooperate in the following Communes of France#Intercommunality, intercommunalities (as of 2020):

Rivers Of Occitania (administrative Region)
A river is a natural flowing watercourse, usually freshwater, flowing towards an ocean, sea, lake or another river. In some cases, a river flows into the ground and becomes dry at the end of its course without reaching another body of water. Small rivers can be referred to using names such as creek, brook, rivulet, and rill. There are no official definitions for the generic term river as applied to geographic features, although in some countries or communities a stream is defined by its size. Many names for small rivers are specific to geographic location; examples are "run" in some parts of the United States, "burn" in Scotland and northeast England, and "beck" in northern England. Sometimes a river is defined as being larger than a creek, but not always: the language is vague. Rivers are part of the water cycle. Water generally collects in a river from precipitation through a drainage basin from surface runoff and other sources such as groundwater recharge, springs, a ...
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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 ...
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Mare (river)
The Mare () is a river in the Hérault department in southern France, which rises in the Caroux-Espinouse hills. The river's source is above Castanet-le-Haut in the Parc naturel régional du Haut-Languedoc. The river passes through Saint-Gervais-sur-Mare and Villemagne-l'Argentière, before joining the Orb at Hérépian. Communes traversed The river passes through the following communes, from source to mouth: * Castanet-le-Haut * Rosis *Saint-Gervais-sur-Mare * Saint-Étienne-Estréchoux *La Tour-sur-Orb *Bédarieux * Taussac-la-Billière *Villemagne-l'Argentière Villemagne-l'Argentière (; oc, Vilamanha, before 1989: ''Villemagne'') is a commune near Bédarieux in the Hérault department in the Occitanie region in southern France. History At the end of the 7th century, the first monastery was founded ... * Hérépian References Rivers of France Rivers of Occitania (administrative region) Rivers of Hérault 1Mare {{France-river-stub ...
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Cazouls-d'Hérault
Cazouls-d'Hérault (; oc, Càsols d'Erau) is a commune in the Hérault department in southern France. Population See also *Communes of the Hérault department The following is a list of the 342 Communes of France, communes of the Hérault Departments of France, department of France. The communes cooperate in the following Communes of France#Intercommunality, intercommunalities (as of 2020):

Sérignan
Sérignan (; oc, Serinhan) is a commune in the Hérault department in the Occitanie region in southern France. Population See also *Communes of the Hérault department The following is a list of the 342 Communes of France, communes of the Hérault Departments of France, department of France. The communes cooperate in the following Communes of France#Intercommunality, intercommunalities (as of 2020):

Sauvian
Sauvian () is a commune in the Hérault department in the Occitanie region in southern France. Population See also *Communes of the Hérault department The following is a list of the 342 Communes of France, communes of the Hérault Departments of France, department of France. The communes cooperate in the following Communes of France#Intercommunality, intercommunalities (as of 2020):

Lignan-sur-Orb
Lignan-sur-Orb (, literally ''Lignan on Orb''; oc, Linha d'Òrb) is a commune in the Hérault département in the Occitanie region in southern France. Population See also *Communes of the Hérault department The following is a list of the 342 Communes of France, communes of the Hérault Departments of France, department of France. The communes cooperate in the following Communes of France#Intercommunality, intercommunalities (as of 2020):

Cessenon-sur-Orb
Cessenon-sur-Orb (, literally ''Cessenon on Orb''; oc, Cecenon) is a commune in the Hérault department in southern France. Population See also *Communes of the Hérault department The following is a list of the 342 Communes of France, communes of the Hérault Departments of France, department of France. The communes cooperate in the following Communes of France#Intercommunality, intercommunalities (as of 2020):

Roquebrun
Roquebrun (; oc, Ròcabrun) is a commune in the Hérault department in the Occitanie region in southern France. Geography Roquebrun is a large village situated at the southern entry to the National Park of the High Languedoc. Most of the village is between 200 and 350 meters above sea level and more than 100 meters above the Orb River which flows from the mountains to the west. Climate Overall the pattern of weather is Mediterranean but Roquebrun is also affected by the winds from the Massif Central to the north and the Pyrenees to the west. However, the village is sheltered by hills to the north, east and west and this, with the remnants of nearby heat from underlying volcanic intrusion produces a microclimate in which orange, lemon and pomegranate and several types of palm trees are able to flourish and produce fruit. Roquebrun is also known as the 'Le Petit Nice' because its location above the river, giving a view similar to that seen from the corniche on the mediterranean ...
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Le Poujol-sur-Orb
Le Poujol-sur-Orb (, literally ''Le Poujol on Orb''; oc, Lo Pojòl) is a commune in the Hérault department in the Occitanie region in southern France. Population See also *Communes of the Hérault department The following is a list of the 342 Communes of France, communes of the Hérault Departments of France, department of France. The communes cooperate in the following Communes of France#Intercommunality, intercommunalities (as of 2020):