But wrac'h

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But Wrach
But Vrac'h
Aber-Wrac'h 1.jpg
Data
Water code FR :  J3204000
location France , Brittany region
River system But wrac'h
source in the municipality of Trémaouézan,
48 ° 30 ′ 42 ″  N , 4 ° 14 ′ 42 ″  W
Source height approx.  88  m
muzzle between Landéda and Plouguerneau in the English Channel Coordinates: 48 ° 36 ′ 39 ″  N , 4 ° 35 ′ 12 ″  W 48 ° 36 ′ 39 ″  N , 4 ° 35 ′ 12 ″  W
Mouth height 0  m
Height difference approx. 88 m
Bottom slope approx. 2.7 ‰
length 33 km
Catchment area 146 km²
Navigable in the lower reaches (about 4 km)

The Aber Wrac'h (also: Aber Vrac'h , Breton Aber Ac'h ) is a river in France that runs in the Finistère département in the Bretagne region and forms a ria over several kilometers at its mouth . In this section of the mouth, the Aber Wrac'h is already influenced by the tides .

The but rises in the municipality of Trémaouézan , north of Landerneau , generally drains in a northwesterly direction and flows into the English Channel after 33 kilometers between Landéda and Plouguerneau . Together with the Aber Ildut and the Aber Benoît , the Aber is the namesake of the Côte des Abers .

Places on the river

Harbor and sights

But Wrac'h also refers to a hamlet in the municipality of Landéda, around the port on the southern bank of the Ria. Today this port is mainly used by water sports enthusiasts.

To the east of the estuary before Lilia is the Île Vierge with its two lighthouses. The Great Lighthouse , built in 1902, is the tallest lighthouse in Europe and the tallest stone lighthouse in the world at 82.5 m. Other lighthouses in the estuary are in Lanvaon and on the Île Wrac'h.

Another attraction is the Pont Krac'h (also: Pont du diable or Devil's Bridge ), which was built in the 5th century BC. Chr. Built bridge over the Aber Wrac'h. The structure, made of stone blocks without binding agents, is the oldest bridge in Brittany. Today it can only be seen at low tide. A tidal mill was operated on the bridge until the 1950s . The name Devil's Bridge comes from a legend according to which the devil himself built the bridge.

From 1898 to 1940 there was a narrow-gauge railway that branched off from the Brest - Saint-Pol-de-Léon line in Plabennec and ran via Lannilis to Landéda and on to the port of Aber Wrac'h. There the route ended directly at the port. As early as 1931 it was decided to replace this line with bus services.

Marina in Aber Wrac'h ...
... with mole at low tide ...
... and during floods
Aber-Wrac'h station

Web links

Commons : Aber Wrac'h  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Remarks

  1. ↑ Source geoportail.gouv.fr
  2. ↑ estuary geoportail.gouv.fr
  3. ↑ a b c The information on the length of the river is based on the information about the Aber Wrac'h at SANDRE (French), accessed on January 19, 2012, rounded to full kilometers.
  4. ↑ Le Pont Krac'h ( Memento from September 27, 2015 in the Internet Archive )