Camargue

The marshy area of the Camargue - so named after the Roman senator Camars who hailed from Arles - includes Grande Camargue, an area of some 720sq.km/280sq.mi between the Grand Rhône and the Petit Rhône, the two arms of the river which divide just short of Arles, together with the Petite Camargue which covers an area of about 200sq.km/77sq.mi west of the Petit Rhône. The river's western arm (Petit Rhône) here forms the boundary between the regions of Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur and Languedoc-Roussillon.