Boralde de Saint-Chély-d'Aubrac

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Boralde de Saint-Chély-d'Aubrac
Pilgrim cross on the bridge in Saint-Chély-d'Aubrac

Pilgrim cross on the bridge in Saint-Chély-d'Aubrac

Data
Water code FR :  O7240520
location France , Occitania region
River system Garonne
Drain over Lot  → Garonne  → Atlantic Ocean
source in the municipality of Saint-Chély-d'Aubrac,
44 ° 35 ′ 57 ″  N , 3 ° 1 ′ 26 ″  E
Source height approx.  1320  m
muzzle at Saint-Côme-d'Olt in the Lot coordinates: 44 ° 30 ′ 47 "  N , 2 ° 50 ′ 37"  E 44 ° 30 ′ 47 "  N , 2 ° 50 ′ 37"  E
Mouth height approx.  350  m
Height difference approx. 970 m
Bottom slope approx. 39 ‰
length 25 km

The Boralde de Saint-Chély-d'Aubrac is a small French river in the Aveyron department in the Occitanie region . It rises in the municipality of Saint-Chély-d'Aubrac and flows into the Lot after around 25 kilometers just above Saint-Côme-d'Olt as a right tributary . The river forms several waterfalls, the most famous of which is the Cascade des Touzes , and it crosses the municipalities of Saint-Chély-d'Aubrac, Castelnau-de-Mandailles and Saint-Côme-d'Olt.

Way of St. James

The pilgrims who travel along the Via Podiensis follow the Boralde de Saint-Chély-d'Aubrac, and cross it on the so-called pilgrim bridge at Saint-Chély. This is since 1998 as a UNESCO World Heritage of UNESCO as part of the " Camino de Santiago protected in France."

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b geoportail.fr (1: 16,000)
  2. ↑ a b The information on the length of the river is based on the information about the Boralde de Saint-Chély-d'Aubrac near SANDRE (French), accessed on June 1, 2011, rounded to full kilometers.