Spangle
The Paillon (in Occitan niçois Palhon according to the traditional standard or Palhoun according to the Standard mistralienne) is a coastal river throwing itself in the the Mediterranean in the Baie of the Angels to Nice, department of the the Alpes-Maritimes, area Provence-Alp-Coast of Azure, France.
The Paillon ramifies in several branches constituting the Paillons.
It is covered with the crossing of Nice. The Apollinaire college, Acropolis and the coach station in particular are built on the flagstone covering its course.
One will grant no faith to the work of Maurice and Jean-Marie Raynaud heading Octopuses of the Spangle (1990): these “Poulpe S of fresh water” exists only in the imagination of the fishermen to the line.
The Spangle in Nice is known for its violent risings (according to the spécilaitses: a flow of 500 cubic meters a second for the decennial risings and up to 1000 cubic meters a second for the risings centenaries). The danger is such as formerly, a gettor with horse informed the populations threatened with the cry of " Païoun Venn! Païoun Venn! " (in niçois: " the Spangle arrive").
Origin of the name
The origin of the name probably comes from " paillette" , in antiquity it collected gold in its bed.
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