Quillimadec

Quillimadec
View of the estuary from the hamlet of La Grève
Data
Water code	FR :  J3114000
location	France , Brittany region
River system	Quillimadec
source	in the municipality of Plounéventer 48 ° 30 ′ 59 ″  N , 4 ° 13 ′ 16 ″  W
Source height	approx.  95  m
muzzle	on the municipal boundary of Guissény and Kerlouan in the English Channel Coordinates: 48 ° 38 ′ 11 ″  N , 4 ° 23 ′ 51 ″  W 48 ° 38 ′ 11 ″  N , 4 ° 23 ′ 51 ″  W
Mouth height	approx.  2  m
Height difference	approx. 93 m
Bottom slope	approx. 4.2 ‰
length	22 km
Catchment area	82 km²
Flowing lakes	Etang du Pont
Small towns	Lesneven

The Quillimadec is a coastal river in France that runs in the Finistère department in the Brittany region . It rises on the north-western outskirts of Plounéventer , generally drains north-west and flows into the English Channel after 22 kilometers near the hamlet of the same name, Quillimadec, on the municipal boundary of Guissény and Kerlouan . There it forms the bay of Port de Tresseny of the Ria type , which reaches the open sea after about three kilometers.

Places on the river

(in flow order)

• Plounéventer
• Trégarantec
• Saint-Méen
• Lesneven
• Quillimadec , Guissény municipality

Attractions

• The Port de Tresseny bay is part of the Natura 2000 reserve under number FR5300043.

Web links

• Information about the Natura 2000 area (French)

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 on the Quillimadec from SANDRE (French), accessed on March 17, 2013, rounded to full kilometers.