Coulomp

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Coulomp
The Coulomp and the Pont de la Reine Jeanne bridge near Saint-Benoît

The Coulomp and the Pont de la Reine Jeanne bridge near Saint-Benoît

Data
Water code FRY6030500
location France , Provence-Alpes-Cote d'Azur region
River system Var
Drain over Var  → Mediterranean
source in the municipality of Castellet-lès-Sausses
44 ° 3 ′ 11 ″  N , 6 ° 41 ′ 58 ″  E
Source height approx.  1645  m
muzzle on the municipal boundary of Saint-Benoît and Entrevaux in the Var Coordinates: 43 ° 58 ′ 12 ″  N , 6 ° 46 ′ 0 ″  E, 43 ° 58 ′ 12 ″  N , 6 ° 46 ′ 0 ″  E
Mouth height approx.  515  m
Height difference approx. 1130 m
Bottom slope approx. 57 ‰
length 20 km
Catchment area 238 km²
Right tributaries Vaïre

The Coulomp is a river in southeastern France that runs in the Alpes-de-Haute-Provence department in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region . It rises on the southwest flank of the Montagne de Beaussebérard massif (2088 m), near the village of Aurent in the municipality of Castellet-lès-Sausses . From there it runs largely in a southerly direction before swiveling west of Saint-Benoît to the east. Here, the Vaïre, its most important tributary, flows from the right. At the municipal boundary of Saint-Benoît and Entrevaux , the Coulomp flows into the Var as a right tributary .

Places on the river

(Order in flow direction)

Attractions

  • The Pont de la Reine Jeanne (German bridge of Queen Johanna) near Saint-Benoît from 1728/29. The bridge is registered as a monument historique . A predecessor structure can be traced back to the site in 1296.

Web links

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

Individual evidence

  1. Source geoportail.gouv.fr
  2. estuary geoportail.gouv.fr
  3. a b Water information system Service d'Administration National des Données et Référentiels sur l'Eau (French) ( information ), accessed on February 14, 2014, rounded to full kilometers
  4. Pont de la Reine Jeanne in the Base Mérimée of the French Ministry of Culture (French)