Èvre

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Èvre
The dammed Èvre at Le May-sur-Èvre

The dammed Èvre at Le May-sur-Èvre

Data
Water code FR :  M60-0300
location France , Pays de la Loire region
River system Loire
Drain over Loire  → Atlantic Ocean
source in the municipality of Chemillé-en-Anjou,
47 ° 7 ′ 55 ″  N , 0 ° 41 ′ 36 ″  W
Source height approx.  160  m
muzzle below Saint-Florent-le-Vieil in the Loire Coordinates: 47 ° 21 '50 "  N , 1 ° 1' 59"  W 47 ° 21 '50 "  N , 1 ° 1' 59"  W
Mouth height approx.  10  m
Height difference approx. 150 m
Bottom slope approx. 1.6 ‰
length 92 km
Right tributaries Pont Laurent
Small towns Beaupréau

The Èvre is a river in France that runs in the Maine-et-Loire department , in the Pays de la Loire region . It rises in the municipality of Chemillé-en-Anjou , drains in many meanders generally northwest through the Mauges landscape and flows into the Loire as a left tributary after 92 kilometers at Le Vieux Bourg , just west of Saint-Florent-le-Vieil .

Places on the river

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 Èvre at SANDRE (French), accessed on November 25, 2011, rounded to full kilometers.