Loing (Lay)

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Loing
Data
Water code FR :  N3024000
location France , Pays de la Loire region
River system Lay
Drain over Lay  → Atlantic Ocean
source in the municipality of La Tardière
46 ° 40 ′ 31 ″  N , 0 ° 44 ′ 14 ″  W
Source height approx.  160  m
muzzle on the municipal boundary of Chantonnay and Bazoges-en-Pareds in the Lay coordinates: 46 ° 40 ′ 19 ″  N , 0 ° 59 ′ 1 ″  W 46 ° 40 ′ 19 ″  N , 0 ° 59 ′ 1 ″  W
Mouth height approx.  38  m
Height difference approx. 122 m
Bottom slope approx. 4.5 ‰
length 27 km
Catchment area approx. 123 km²
Left tributaries Arkanson

The Loing is a river in France that runs in the Vendée department in the Pays de la Loire region . It rises in the municipality of La Tardière , generally drains in a westerly direction and flows into the Lay as a left tributary after 27 kilometers at the municipal boundary of Chantonnay and Bazoges-en-Pareds .

Places on the river

(in flow order)

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Source geoportail.gouv.fr
  2. ↑ estuary geoportail.gouv.fr
  3. ↑ a b c The information on the length of the river is based on the information about the Loing at SANDRE (French), accessed on April 8, 2013, rounded to full kilometers.