"a popular rugby union team (Rugby XV)SSGL (Stade Saint-Gaudinois Luchonnais XV). The Open International Féminin Midi-Pyrénées Saint-Gaudens Comminges, an ITF Women's Circuit tennis tournament, is held in Saint-Gaudens. The 2014 Tour de France cycle race began stage 17 in Saint Gaudens, with a route to Saint-Lary. Saint-Gaudens is twinned with: Saint-Gaudens, Haute-Garonne Saint-Gaudens (; ) is a commune and a sub-prefecture of the Haute-Garonne department in southwestern France. Saint-Gaudens lies at an altitude of on a ledge overlooking the valley of the Garonne. It faces the Pyrenees and is a natural crossroads for routes between the Atlantic and the Mediterranean"
"of France on the western border between Basque Country and Gascony. It developed at the confluence of the Adour and tributary on the left bank, the Nive, 6 km from the Atlantic coast. The commune was part of the Basque province of Labourd. Bayonne occupies a territory characterized by a flat relief to the west and to the north towards the Landes forest, tending to slightly raise towards the south and east. The city has developed at the confluence of the Adour and Nive from the ocean. The meeting point of the two rivers coincides with a narrowing of the"
"Aritxague, and Pontots. The area of the commune is and its altitude varies between . The city is traversed by the Adour. The river is part of the Natura 2000 network from its source at Bagnères-de-Bigorre to its exit to the Atlantic Ocean after Bayonne, between Tarnos (Landes) for the right bank and Anglet (Pyrénées-Atlantiques) for the left bank. Apart from the Nive, which converges on the left bank of the Adour after of a sometimes tumultuous course, two tributaries join the Adour in Bayonne commune: the ""Ruisseau de Portou"" and the ""Ruisseau du Moulin Esbouc"". Tributaries of the Nive"
"of the Armorican Massif have less intrusive rocks, although a small zone in the northwest of Brittany (Léon Zone) forms an exception. Armorican Massif The Armorican Massif (, ) is a geologic massif that covers a large area in the northwest of France, including Brittany, the western part of Normandy and the Pays de la Loire. It is important because it is connected to Dover on the British side of the English Channel and there has been tilting back and forth that has controlled the geography on both sides. Its name comes from the old Armorica, a Gaul area between"
"the calcareous cliffs of the Entre-Deux-Mers plateau, and is about thirty kilometres from Bordeaux. The appellation area includes the communes of Baurech, Beguey, Cadillac, Capian, Cardan, Donzac, Tabanac, Le Tourne, Verdelais and Villenave-de-Rions. The Cadillac region enjoys the same moderate oceanic climate as the Mérignac meteorological station. The proximity of the Garonne, which runs immediately beneath the wine-growing area, creates a local micro-climate. In autumn the river gives rise to early morning humidity, which gradually dries up in the course of the day, conditions that are particularly conducive to the development of moulds that eventually turn into noble rot. The"
"Aimargues Aimargues is a commune in the Gard department in southern France. The town of Aimargues may have Roman origins and is situated beside the Vidourle River on the floodplain of the River Rhône. Traditionally it has been an agricultural and wine-producing community but it now also has a number of new industries and employers who benefit from excellent road connections to the north of France as well as to Spain and Italy. Located some to the southwest of Nîmes, close to the border with the Hérault department, Aimargues can be easily accessed from the nearby Autoroute A9. Aimargues also"
"Canal Latéral de la Garonne The Canal de Garonne, formerly known as Canal latéral à la Garonne, is a French canal dating from the mid-19th century which connects Toulouse to Castets-en-Dorthe. The remainder of the route to Bordeaux uses the river Garonne. It is the continuation of the Canal du Midi which connects the Mediterranean with Toulouse. Together they and the Garonne form the Canal des Deux Mers which connects the Mediterranean Sea to the Atlantic Ocean. The canal runs along the right bank of the Garonne, crosses the river in Agen via the Agen aqueduct, then continues along the"
"Armorican Massif The Armorican Massif (, ) is a geologic massif that covers a large area in the northwest of France, including Brittany, the western part of Normandy and the Pays de la Loire. It is important because it is connected to Dover on the British side of the English Channel and there has been tilting back and forth that has controlled the geography on both sides. Its name comes from the old Armorica, a Gaul area between the Loire and the Seine rivers. The massif is composed of metamorphic and magmatic rocks that were metamorphosed and/or deformed during the"
"towards Bordeaux, where it meets the Gironde estuary. The Gironde flows into the Atlantic Ocean (Bay of Biscay). Along its course, the Garonne is joined by three other major rivers: the Ariège, the Tarn, and the Lot. Just after Bordeaux, the Garonne meets the Dordogne at the Bec d'Ambès, forming the Gironde estuary, which after approximately empties into the Atlantic Ocean. Other tributaries include the Save and the Gers. The Garonne is one of the few rivers in the world that exhibit a tidal bore. Surfers and jet skiers could ride the tidal bore at least as far as the"
"Dordogne (river) The Dordogne (, ) is a river in south-central and southwest France. The Dordogne and its watershed were designated Biosphere Reserve by UNESCO on July 11 2012. The river rises on the flanks of the Puy de Sancy at above sea level in the mountains of Auvergne, from the confluence of two small torrents above the town of Le Mont-Dore: the ""Dore"" and the ""Dogne"". It flows generally west about through the Limousin and Périgord regions before flowing into the Gironde, its common estuary with the Garonne, at the Bec d'Ambès (""Ambès beak""), north of the city of"
"Auvillar Auvillar (Altivillare in the Middle Ages) is a commune in the department of Tarn-et-Garonne and the Occitanie region, situated at the edge of the Lomagne region on the banks of the Garonne river. Since 1994, Auvillar has been voted one of the ""most beautiful villages in France"" with its harbor area and outstanding monuments like the circular hall, the clock tower and the Church of St. Peter. Auvillar is a stop for tourists and pilgrims on the Santiago de Compostela pilgrimage route. Its inhabitants are called ""Auvillarais, Auvillaraises"". The village is located on the Auvillar Garonne, between the cities"
"also forms part of the Canal des Deux Mers, linking the Mediterranean Sea and the Atlantic Ocean. From the ocean, ships pass through the Gironde estuary up to the mouth of the Garonne (to the right of the Dordogne when sailing upstream). Ships continue on the tidal river Garonne up to the ""Pont de Pierre"" (stone bridge) in Bordeaux. Inland vessels continue upstream to Castets-en-Dorthe, where the Canal de Garonne joins the river. Prior to the building of the Canal lateral à la Garonne, between 1838 and 1856, shallow-draught boats used the Garonne itself as far as Toulouse. However, navigation"
"includes a fairground, communal outdoor dining and a number of live bands and performers in the main square. Aurignac is on the GR86, one of the less well-known Grande Randonnée, running from Toulouse to Bagnères-de-Luchon. Aurignac Aurignac is a commune in the Haute-Garonne department in southwestern France on the edge of the Pyrénées. It was the seat of the former canton of Aurignac (population 4,160), which was composed of 19 communes. It is part of the ancient region known as the Comminges. The town of Aurignac is located 60 km southwest of Toulouse and is, on average, 400m above sea"
"which the main ones are the Orbieu on the right bank, and the ""Argent-Double"" and the ""Casse"" on the left bank. From this point, bordered by the Canal du Midi and sinuous amid vineyards, the Aude enters the broad alluvial plain of Narbonne with the main stream flowing to the Gulf of Lion and some waters diverted to a network of ancient ponds before flowing into the Mediterranean Sea . The Aude has a catchment area of that extends unevenly across six departments: Aude, Pyrénées-Orientales, Ariège, Haute-Garonne, Tarn, and Hérault (Haute-Garonne and Tarn are only affected by the course of"
"Aurignac Aurignac is a commune in the Haute-Garonne department in southwestern France on the edge of the Pyrénées. It was the seat of the former canton of Aurignac (population 4,160), which was composed of 19 communes. It is part of the ancient region known as the Comminges. The town of Aurignac is located 60 km southwest of Toulouse and is, on average, 400m above sea level. It is in the region of rolling hills known as the Petites Pyrénées and is dominated by a ridge-shaped hill upon which the old town is built with the remains of a 13th-century castle"
"Canal de Garonne is an extension of the Canal du Midi (which together form the ""Canal des Deux-Mers"" between the Atlantic and the Mediterranean). It passes including Agen (Agen aqueduct) and continues until Castets-en-Dorthe (Gironde). The entire watershed of the Dordogne is classified as a biosphere reserve by UNESCO since July 11, 2012 with the coordination structure Institution of regional public Dordogne basin. The basin of the Dordogne is one of the few places in France where the presence of eight migratory fish species proved with Atlantic salmon, sea trout, river lamprey, sea lamprey, Allis shad, shad feigned, eel, and"
"located close to the European Atlantic coast, in the southwest of France and in the north of the Aquitaine region. It is around southwest of Paris. The city is built on a bend of the river Garonne, and is divided into two parts: the right bank to the east and left bank in the west. Historically the left bank is more developed because when flowing outside the bend, the water makes a furrow of the required depth to allow the passing of merchant ships, which used to offload on this side of the river. But, today, the right bank is"
"valley of the Adour some southeast of Tarbes and east of Lourdes. The Adour river flows through the north-east of the commune and the town flowing towards the north to eventually flow into the Atlantic Ocean at Bayonne. Numerous streams flow through the commune including the"" GaiVeste"" which forms the northern border as it flows north-east to join the Adour, the ""Oussouet"" which forms part of the western border as it flows north, the ""Ardazen"" which forms part of the eastern border as it flows east to join the ""Angoue"", the ""Quartier par d'Abay"" which also forms part of the"
"Two sites are registered as historical monuments: Antignac, Cantal Antignac (""Antinhac"" in Occitan) is a commune in the Cantal department in the Auvergne region of south-central France. The inhabitants of the commune are known as ""Antignacois"" or ""Antignacoises"" Antignac lies in the valley of the Sumène some 80 km south-west of Clermont-Ferrand and 10 km north-west of Riom-ès-Montagnes in the Canton of Saignes. Access to the commune is by road D3 from Riom-ès-Montagnes in the south-east continuing west to join the D922. Antignac is the main village in the commune which includes 25 other hamlets and localities: The river Rhue"
"Camargue The Camargue () (Provençal ""Camarga"") is a natural region located south of Arles, France, between the Mediterranean Sea and the two arms of the Rhône delta. The eastern arm is called the ""Grand Rhône""; the western one is the ""Petit Rhône"". Administratively it lies within the ""département"" of Bouches-du-Rhône, the appropriately named ""Mouths of the Rhône"", and covers parts of the territory of the communes of Arles – the largest commune in Metropolitan France, Saintes-Maries-de-la-Mer – the second largest – and Port-Saint-Louis-du-Rhône. A further expanse of marshy plain, the Petite Camargue (little Camargue), just to the west of the"
"in Aimargues, École élémentaire privée Notre Dame des Gardians. Aimargues is twinned with no other cities. Aimargues Aimargues is a commune in the Gard department in southern France. The town of Aimargues may have Roman origins and is situated beside the Vidourle River on the floodplain of the River Rhône. Traditionally it has been an agricultural and wine-producing community but it now also has a number of new industries and employers who benefit from excellent road connections to the north of France as well as to Spain and Italy. Located some to the southwest of Nîmes, close to the border"
"river Adour until Saubusse, where it turns west towards the Atlantic coast, and then south. It crosses the river Adour in Bayonne, and turns southwest. It passes along the ocean resorts Biarritz and Saint-Jean-de-Luz. It crosses the Spanish border between Hendaye and Irun, where the railway ends. France and Spain have different rail gauges (standard gauge and Iberian gauge, resp.), which requires change of trains. The section between Hendaye and Irun has tracks with both gauges. The main stations on the Bordeaux–Irun railway are: The railway was built by the Compagnie des Chemins de fer du Midi and its predecessor"
"Garonne The Garonne ( ; ; Occitan, Catalan, and Spanish: , ; or ) is a river in southwest France and northern Spain, with a length of . It flows into the Atlantic Ocean at Bordeaux. The name derives from Garumna, a Latinized version of the Aquitanian name meaning ""stony river"". The Garonne's headwaters are to be found in the Aran Valley in the Spanish Pyrenees, though three different locations have been proposed as the true source: the ""Uelh deth Garona"" at Plan de Beret (), the Ratera-Saboredo cirque ), or the slopes of Pic Aneto (Salterillo-Barrancs ravine according to"
"Blagnac Blagnac () is a commune in the Haute-Garonne department in southwestern France. It is the third-largest suburb of the city of Toulouse, although governed by a separate council, and is adjacent to it on the northwest side. It is a member of the Toulouse Métropole. The river Touch forms part of the commune's southern border, then flows into the Garonne, which forms all of its eastern border. 38% percent of the area is made up of green spaces, mainly along the river Garonne and in parks. Airbus and ATR have their head offices in Blagnac. Blagnac has a student"
"Barsac, Gironde Barsac is a commune on the left bank of the Garonne river in the Gironde department in southwestern France. Barsac is located 37 km upstream the Garonne river of Bordeaux. The town gives its name to a wine making appellation, Barsac AOC, that produces sweet white wines. The town and its vineyards are separated from the area of Sauternes to the south by the Ciron river, whose cooling effect is of key importance in encouraging the annual action of the ""Botrytis"" fungus on the Sémillon grapes. The area is marginally flatter than its neighbour and its wines are"
"sculpture. Overlooking the quarter is Vauban's 1680 Citadelle. The soldiers of Wellington's army who died besieging the citadelle in 1813 are buried in the nearby English Cemetery, visited by Queen Victoria and other British dignitaries when staying in Biarritz. The distillery of the famous local liqueur Izarra is located on the northern bank of the Adour and is open to visitors. Bayonne Bayonne (; Gascon: ""Baiona"" ; ; ) is a city and commune and one of the two sub-prefectures of the department of Pyrénées-Atlantiques, in the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region of south-western France. It is located at the confluence of the"
"Méouge The Méouge, (La Méouge) is a river in the Rhône-Alpes region of the south of France. It rises in the Drôme near the town of Sederon and crosses into the Hautes-Alpes at Barret-sur-Méouge where it carves the spectacular tourist attraction, the ""Gorges de la Méouge"", through the limestone platform. Near the communities of Chateauneuf-de-Chabre and Antonaves it joins the river Buëch which in turn flows into the Durance and the Rhone. The ""Gorges de la Méouge"" is a long gorge carved by the Méouge though the mesozoic limestone rock of the Hautes-Alpes in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region. The lime"
"terrorism. Blagnac Blagnac () is a commune in the Haute-Garonne department in southwestern France. It is the third-largest suburb of the city of Toulouse, although governed by a separate council, and is adjacent to it on the northwest side. It is a member of the Toulouse Métropole. The river Touch forms part of the commune's southern border, then flows into the Garonne, which forms all of its eastern border. 38% percent of the area is made up of green spaces, mainly along the river Garonne and in parks. Airbus and ATR have their head offices in Blagnac. Blagnac has a"
"that the priest of Bourdelles took the trouble to retranscribe the event, at the end of the acts of the year, in the parish register of baptisms, marriages and deaths. Garonne The Garonne ( ; ; Occitan, Catalan, and Spanish: , ; or ) is a river in southwest France and northern Spain, with a length of . It flows into the Atlantic Ocean at Bordeaux. The name derives from Garumna, a Latinized version of the Aquitanian name meaning ""stony river"". The Garonne's headwaters are to be found in the Aran Valley in the Spanish Pyrenees, though three different locations"
"has a railway station on the line from Saint-Césaire to Le Grau-du-Roi. The Petite Camargue is an area of wetlands on the west side of the delta of the Rhône River in southern France. Aimargues is a small town in the Petite Camargue beside the River Vidourle which rises in the Cévennes Mountains to the northwest. Some 6,000 years BC much of the interior of the Petite Carmargue was occupied by a lagoon, ""l’étang de l’or"", which was separated from the sea by a sandy bar. Since then the lake has become progressively silted up. The countryside around Aimargues is"
"(lit. canal of the two seas) connecting the Atlantic Ocean with the Mediterranean Sea. Moissac Moissac is a commune in the Tarn-et-Garonne department in the Occitanie region in southern France. The town is situated at the confluence of the rivers Garonne and Tarn at the Canal de Garonne. Route nationale N113 was constructed through the town and between Valence-d'Agen and Castelsarrasin. Initially Moissac was part of the department of Lot. In 1808 Napoleon decreed the city be attached to the new department of Tarn-et-Garonne. It was the chief town of the district from 1800 to 1926. Moissac was heavily damaged"
"comes to a junction with the N113 (Narbonne–Bordeaux) along the River Garonne. The A62 autoroute (""Autoroute des Deux Mers"") crosses the road. The N20 turns south running along the east bank of the river into the industrial city of Toulouse. The city of Toulouse is on the junction of the Autoroutes A62, A68 (to Albi), A64 (to Pau and Bayonne) and the N88 and N124. The road leaves the city centre to the south on the west bank of the River Garonne. At Pinsaguel the road crosses the river and follows the River Ariège and its valley to the south"
"contributes €26m per year. The canal was extensively featured on the BBC television series ""Rick Stein's French Odyssey"" (2005). Canal Latéral de la Garonne The Canal de Garonne, formerly known as Canal latéral à la Garonne, is a French canal dating from the mid-19th century which connects Toulouse to Castets-en-Dorthe. The remainder of the route to Bordeaux uses the river Garonne. It is the continuation of the Canal du Midi which connects the Mediterranean with Toulouse. Together they and the Garonne form the Canal des Deux Mers which connects the Mediterranean Sea to the Atlantic Ocean. The canal runs along"