Madoire

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Madoire
Data
Water code FRL8334000
location France , Nouvelle-Aquitaine region
River system Loire
Drain over Argenton  → Thouet  → Loire  → Atlantic Ocean
source in the municipality of Bressuire
46 ° 49 ′ 19 ″  N , 0 ° 27 ′ 24 ″  W
Source height approx.  194  m
muzzle in the parish of Argentonnay in the Argenton coordinates: 46 ° 59 ′ 11 ″  N , 0 ° 25 ′ 17 ″  W 46 ° 59 ′ 11 ″  N , 0 ° 25 ′ 17 ″  W
Mouth height approx.  70  m
Height difference approx. 124 m
Bottom slope approx. 5.2 ‰
length approx. 24 km
Flowing lakes Étang de la Madoire

The Madoire is a river in France that runs in the Deux-Sèvres department in the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region . It rises near the hamlet of Les Bruyères , in the south-eastern municipality of Bressuire , generally drains in a northerly direction and flows into the Argenton as a right tributary after around 24 kilometers in the municipality of Argentonnay .

Places on the river

(Order in flow direction)

  • La Madoire , municipality of Bressuire
  • La Basse Métairie , municipality of Bressuire
  • Noirlieu , Bressuire parish
  • Sanzay , Argentonnay parish

Individual evidence

  1. Source height according to geoportail.gouv.fr
  2. mouth height according to geoportail.gouv.fr
  3. Madoire at SANDRE (French)