The Arc () is a river in the Savoie département of south-eastern France. It is a left tributary of the Isère, which it joins at Chamousset, approximately downstream from Albertville. Its source is near the border with Italy, in the Graian Alps, northeast of Bonneval-sur-Arc. The valley of the Arc, the Maurienne, is an important transport artery between France and Italy. Towns crossed by the river Bonneval-sur-Arc Bessans Lanslevillard Lanslebourg-Mont-Cenis Termignon Sollières-Sardières Bramans Avrieux Villarodin-Bourget Modane Fourneaux Freney Saint-Michel-de-Maurienne Saint-Martin-de-la-Porte Saint-Julien-Mont-Denis Villargondran Saint-Jean-de-Maurienne La Chambre Épierre Argentine Aiguebelle Aiton See also Arc (Provence), a river in southern France. List of rivers of France References Rivers of France Rivers of Savoie Rivers of Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes Rivers of the Alps