Alpilles
Sign in to saveThe Alpilles ( , ; ) is a small range of low mountains in Provence, southern France, located about south of Avignon.
Key facts
- Mountain.name
- Alpilles
- Mountain.other_name
- Chaîne des Alpilles
- Mountain.image
- Les Alpilles près de Maussance les Alpilles 2.JPG
- Mountain.image_caption
- Alpilles near the town of Maussane-les-Alpilles
- Mountain.country
- France
- Mountain.region
- Bouches-du-Rhône
- Mountain.highest
- Tour des Opies
- Mountain.highest_location
- Eyguières
- Mountain.elevation_m
- 498
- Mountain.length_km
- 25
- Mountain.width_km
- 8
- Mountain.area_km2
- 171
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The Alpilles ( , ; ) is a small range of low mountains in Provence, southern France, located about south of Avignon.
==Geography== thumb|The Tour des Opies stands at the highest point of the Alpilles. The range is an extension of the much larger Luberon range. Although it is not high – some 498 m (1,634 ft) at its highest point – the Alpilles range stands out impressively, as it rises abruptly from the Rhône valley and from the very flat alluvial plain of Crau. The range is about 25 km long by about 8 to 10 km wide, running in an east–west direction between the Rhône and Durance rivers. The landscape of the Alpilles is one of arid limestone peaks separated by dry valleys.