Aigronne

Aigronne
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Water code	FR :  L6214000
location	France , Center-Val de Loire region
River system	Loire
Drain over	Claise  → Creuse  → Vienne  → Loire  → Atlantic Ocean
source	in the municipality of Paulnay 46 ° 53 '53 "  N , 1 ° 8' 35"  O
Source height	approx.  144  m
muzzle	in the municipality of Le Grand-Pressigny in the Claise coordinates: 46 ° 55 ′ 12 ″  N , 0 ° 47 ′ 49 ″  E 46 ° 55 ′ 12 ″  N , 0 ° 47 ′ 49 ″  E
Mouth height	approx.  57  m
Height difference	approx. 87 m
Bottom slope	approx. 2.8 ‰
length	approx. 31 km
Left tributaries	Remillon
Flowing lakes	Etang de l'Île

The Aigronne is a river in France that runs in the Center-Val de Loire region . It rises in the northern municipality of Paulnay , passes the Brenne Regional Nature Park in the upper reaches , generally drains in a westerly direction and after around 31 kilometers flows into a tributary of the Claise as a right tributary in the municipality of Le Grand-Pressigny . On its way, the Aigronne crosses the Indre and Indre-et-Loire departments .

Places on the river

(Order in flow direction)

• Cléré-du-Bois
• Obterre
• Charnizay
• Le Petit-Pressigny
• Le Grand-Pressigny

Attractions

• Les Palets de Gargantua , megalithic complex above the river near Charnizay - Monument historique

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Source height according to geoportail.gouv.fr
2. ↑ mouth height according to geoportail.gouv.fr
3. ↑ Aigronne at SANDRE (French)
4. ↑ Dolmen Les Palets de Gargantua in the Base Mérimée of the French Ministry of Culture (French)