Loir

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Loir
The Loir in Vendôme

The Loir in Vendôme

Data
Water code FR :  M1-0160
location France , Center-Val de Loire and Pays de la Loire regions
River system Loire
Drain over Sarthe  → Maine  → Loire  → Atlantic Ocean
source in the Perche , municipality of Champrond-en-Gâtine
48 ° 22 ′ 41 ″  N , 1 ° 3 ′ 8 ″  E
Source height approx.  265  m
muzzle at Briollay in the Sarthe coordinates: 47 ° 33 '28 "  N , 0 ° 31' 35"  W 47 ° 33 '28 "  N , 0 ° 31' 35"  W.
Mouth height approx.  16  m
Height difference approx. 249 m
Bottom slope approx. 0.78 ‰
length 319 km
Small towns Châteaudun , Vendôme , Château-du-Loir , La Flèche

The Loir (not to be confused with the Loire ) is a river in western France that runs through the Center-Val de Loire and Pays de la Loire regions. It rises in the Perche landscape , in the municipality of Champrond-en-Gâtine , drains in the upper reaches to the east and south-east, but then turns in the general direction south-west and flows into the Sarthe after 319 kilometers at Briollay , north of Angers , as a left tributary .

The wine-growing regions Coteaux du Loir , Jasnières and Coteaux du Vendômois lie along its banks .

Crossed departments

Tributaries

Left tributaries:

Right tributaries:

Places on the river

Web links

Commons : Loir  - collection of images, videos and audio files

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 Loir at SANDRE (French), accessed on November 26, 2011, rounded to full kilometers.