Glane (Vienne)

Glane
The river in the estuary at Corot
Data
Water code	FR :  L08-0300
location	France , Nouvelle-Aquitaine region
River system	Loire
Drain over	Vienne  → Loire  → Atlantic Ocean
source	in the municipality of Saint-Jouvent 45 ° 58 ′ 20 ″  N , 1 ° 13 ′ 52 ″  E
Source height	approx.  383  m
muzzle	at Saint-Junien in the Vienne Coordinates: 45 ° 53 ′ 16 "  N , 0 ° 53 ′ 8"  E 45 ° 53 ′ 16 "  N , 0 ° 53 ′ 8"  E
Mouth height	approx.  180  m
Height difference	approx. 203 m
Bottom slope	approx. 5 ‰
length	41 km
Catchment area	312 km²
Left tributaries	Glanet
Small towns	Saint-Junien

The Glane is a river in France that runs in the Haute-Vienne department in the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region . It rises in the municipality of Saint-Jouvent , drains generally in a south-westerly direction and flows into the Vienne as a right tributary after 41 kilometers in the small town of Saint-Junien , between the suburbs of Glane and Pont Sainte-Elisabeth .

Places on the river

(Order in flow direction)

• Saint-Jouvent
• Never
• Saint-Gence
• Oradour-sur-Glane
• Saint-Junien

Attractions

• Center de la mémoire , memorial for the Oradour massacre in World War II .

Remarks

1. ↑ ^{a b} geoportail.fr (1: 16,000)
2. ↑ ^{a b c} The information on the length of the river is based on the information about the Glane at SANDRE (French), accessed on November 17, 2011, rounded to full kilometers.