Arcomie (river)

Arcomie
The Truyère with the Garabit Viaduct in the background, in the right foreground the mouth of the Arcomie.
Data
Water code	FR :  O7410500
location	France , Occitania and Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes regions
River system	Garonne
Drain over	Truyère  → Lot  → Garonne  → Atlantic Ocean
source	in the municipality of Les Monts-Verts, 44 ° 50 ′ 31 ″  N , 3 ° 15 ′ 5 ″  E
Source height	approx.  1036  m
muzzle	in the municipality of Val d'Arcomie in the Truyère coordinates: 44 ° 58 ′ 20 ″  N , 3 ° 10 ′ 21 ″  E, 44 ° 58 ′ 20 ″  N , 3 ° 10 ′ 21 ″  E
Mouth height	approx.  735  m
Height difference	approx. 301 m
Bottom slope	approx. 15 ‰
length	approx. 20 km

The Arcomie is a river in France that runs through the Occitania and Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes regions. It rises in the eastern municipality of Les Monts-Verts , near the A75 motorway and the parallel Béziers – Neussarges railway , drains generally in a north-northwest direction and, after around 20 kilometers, flows into the backwater of the Barrage de Grandval as a left tributary in the municipality of Val d'Arcomie in the Truyère . On its way, the Arcomie crosses the Lozère and Cantal departments .

Places on the river

(Order in flow direction)

• Font Blanche , municipality of Les Monts-Verts
• Arcomie , municipality of Les Monts-Verts
• Saint-Just , municipality of Val d'Arcomie
• Bournoncles , parish of Val d'Arcomie
• Garabit , municipality of Val d'Arcomie

Attractions

• Garabit Viaduct (French Viaduc de Garabit ), railway bridge over the Truyère from the 19th century in the mouth of the river - Monument historique

Web links

Commons : Arcomie  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Commons : Viaduc de Garabit  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Source height according to geoportail.gouv.fr
2. ↑ mouth height according to geoportail.gouv.fr
3. ↑ Arcomie at SANDRE (French)
4. ↑ Viaduc de Garabit in the Base Mérimée of the French Ministry of Culture (French)