Jauron

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Jauron
Data
Water code FR :  K2714000
location France , Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region
River system Loire
Drain over Allier  → Loire  → Atlantic Ocean
source in the municipality of Isserteaux
45 ° 40 ′ 34 ″  N , 3 ° 23 ′ 21 ″  E
Source height approx.  691  m
muzzle on the municipal boundary of Beauregard-l'Évêque and Les Martres-d'Artière in the Allier Coordinates: 45 ° 49 ′ 7 ″  N , 3 ° 16 ′ 26 ″  E 45 ° 49 ′ 7 ″  N , 3 ° 16 ′ 26 ″  O
Mouth height approx.  297  m
Height difference approx. 394 m
Bottom slope approx. 13 ‰
length approx. 30 km
Left tributaries Angaud

The Jauron is a river in France that runs in the Puy-de-Dôme department in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region . It rises in the Livradois-Forez Regional Nature Park , in the northern municipal area of Isserteaux , drains after a loop in the source area generally in a north-westerly direction and flows after about 30 kilometers at the municipal boundary of Beauregard-l'Évêque and Les Martres-d'Artière as a right tributary in the Allier . In its lower reaches the Jauron crosses the Clermont-Ferrand-Saint-Just-sur-Loire railway .

Name of the river

The river changes its name several times in its course:

  • Ruisseau de Ribeyres in the source area,
  • Ricochet in the upper reaches,
  • Madet in the middle part and
  • Jauron in the lower reaches.

Places on the river

(Order in flow direction)

Attractions

  • Église Saint-Aventin , cemetery chapel near the river, from the 10th century, in the municipality of Beauregard-l'Évêque - Monument historique

Web links

Commons : Église Saint-Aventin  - 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. ↑ Jauron at SANDRE (French)
  4. ↑ Église Saint-Aventin in the Base Mérimée of the French Ministry of Culture (French)