The Vis is a 57.9 km long river

River

A river is a natural watercourse, usually freshwater, flowing towards an ocean, a lake, a sea, or another river. In a few cases, a river simply flows into the ground or dries up completely before reaching another body of water. Small rivers may also be called by several other names, including...

 in south-central France

France

The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...

, in the Languedoc-Roussillon

Languedoc-Roussillon

Languedoc-Roussillon is one of the 27 regions of France. It comprises five departments, and borders the other French regions of Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, Rhône-Alpes, Auvergne, Midi-Pyrénées on the one side, and Spain, Andorra and the Mediterranean sea on the other side.-Geography:The region is...

 région, right tributary of the Hérault River

Hérault River

The Hérault is a river of southern France. Its length is . Its source is in the Cévennes mountains. It reaches the Mediterranean Sea near Agde...

. Its source is in the Cévennes

Cévennes

The Cévennes are a range of mountains in south-central France, covering parts of the départements of Gard, Lozère, Ardèche, and Haute-Loire.The word Cévennes comes from the Gaulish Cebenna, which was Latinized by Julius Caesar to Cevenna...

, near the village of Alzon

Alzon

Alzon is a commune in the Gard department in southern France.The commune is located in the south of the Cévennes National Park, in the upper Vis river valley.-Population:-References:*...

. It flows between the Causse

Causses

The Causses are a group of limestone plateaus in the Massif Central. They are bordered to the north-west by the Limousin and the Périgord uplands, and to the east by the Aubrac and the Cévennes. Large river gorges cut through the plateaus, such as the Tarn, Dourbie, Jonte, Lot and Aveyron...

 du Larzac

Larzac

The Causse du Larzac is a limestone karst plateau in the south of the Massif Central, France, situated between Millau and Lodève...

 and the Causse de Blandas into the Hérault

Hérault

Hérault is a department in the south of France named after the Hérault river.-History:Hérault is one of the original 83 departments created during the French Revolution on 4 March 1790...

 département and the Gard

Gard

Gard is a département located in southern France in the Languedoc-Roussillon region.The department is named after the River Gard, although the formerly Occitan name of the River Gard, Gardon, has been replacing the traditional French name in recent decades, even among French speakers.- History...

 département. The Vis flows into the Hérault River

Hérault River

The Hérault is a river of southern France. Its length is . Its source is in the Cévennes mountains. It reaches the Mediterranean Sea near Agde...

 near Ganges

Ganges, Hérault

Ganges is a commune in the Hérault département in Languedoc-Roussillon in southern France.-Location:Ganges is situated at the confuence of the Hérault and Rieutord rivers.-History:...

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Origin of the name

The name "Vis" derives from the old Proto-Indo-European

Proto-Indo-European language

The Proto-Indo-European language is the reconstructed common ancestor of the Indo-European languages, spoken by the Proto-Indo-Europeans...

 root "Vir" which means "river", and which can be found in the name of many rivers in France such as the Vire River

Vire River

The Vire is a river in Normandy, France whose 128 km course crosses the départements of Calvados and Manche, flowing through the towns of Vire, Saint-Lô and Isigny-sur-Mer, finally flowing out into the English Channel....

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Towns along the river

The Vis flows through the following communes

Communes of France

The commune is the lowest level of administrative division in the French Republic. French communes are roughly equivalent to incorporated municipalities or villages in the United States or Gemeinden in Germany...

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Alzon Alzon Alzon is a commune in the Gard department in southern France.The commune is located in the south of the Cévennes National Park, in the upper Vis river valley.-Population:-References:*... Campestre-et-Luc Campestre-et-Luc Campestre-et-Luc is a commune in the Gard department in southern France.-Population:-References:*... Blandas Blandas Blandas is a commune in the Gard department in southern France.-Population:... Vissec Vissec Vissec is a commune in the Gard department in southern France.-Population:-External links:... Saint-Maurice-Navacelles Saint-Maurice-Navacelles Saint-Maurice-Navacelles is a commune in the Hérault department in Languedoc-Roussillon in southern France.-See also:*Communes of the Hérault department* Cirque de Navacelles* Vis River* Château de Saint-Maurice-References:*...

Rogues Rogues, Gard Rogues is a commune in the Gard department in southern France.-Population:-References:*... Gorniès Gorniès Gorniès is a commune in the Hérault département in Languedoc-Roussillon in southern France.-See also:*Communes of the Hérault department*Vis River... Saint-Laurent-le-Minier Saint-Laurent-le-Minier Saint-Laurent-le-Minier is a commune in the Gard department in southern France.-Population:-References:*... Cazilhac Cazilhac, Hérault Cazilhac is a commune in the Hérault department in southern France.-See also:*Communes of the Hérault department...