Ligoire
| Ligoire | ||
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| Data | ||
| Water code | FR : L6324000 | |
| location | France , Center-Val de Loire region | |
| River system | Loire | |
| Drain over | Esves → Creuse → Vienne → Loire → Atlantic Ocean | |
| source | in the municipality of Varennes, 47 ° 5 ′ 29 ″ N , 0 ° 55 ′ 53 ″ E |
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| Source height | approx. 134 m | |
| muzzle | on the municipal boundary of Civray-sur-Esves and Sepmes in the Esves coordinates: 47 ° 2 ′ 50 ″ N , 0 ° 41 ′ 41 ″ E 47 ° 2 ′ 50 ″ N , 0 ° 41 ′ 41 ″ E |
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| Mouth height | approx. 60 m | |
| Height difference | approx. 74 m | |
| Bottom slope | approx. 3.5 ‰ | |
| length | approx. 21 km | |
| Right tributaries | Riolle | |
The Ligoire is a river in France that runs in the Indre-et-Loire department in the Center-Val de Loire region . It rises in the northeastern municipal area of Varennes , generally drains towards the west-southwest and flows into the Esves as a right tributary after around 21 kilometers at the municipal boundary of Civray-sur-Esves and Sepmes . The last two kilometers Ligoire and Esves run parallel, at a short distance from each other.
Places on the river
(Order in flow direction)
- Le Chatelier , municipality of Varennes
- Mouzay
- Vou
- La Courraie , municipality of Ligueil
- Le Gue de l'Arche , municipality of La Chapelle-Blanche-Saint-Martin
- Le Moulin de Saint-Paul , Bournan parish
- Civray-sur-Esves
- Le Moulin Feschaux , municipality of Civray-sur-Esves
Attractions
- Château de Bagneux , castle complex from the 13th to 15th centuries, above the river valley, in the municipality of Bournan - Monument historique
Individual evidence
- ↑ Source height according to geoportail.gouv.fr
- ↑ mouth height according to geoportail.gouv.fr
- ↑ Ligoire at SANDRE (French)
- ↑ Château de Bagneux in the Base Mérimée of the French Ministry of Culture (French)