Vaudelle

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Vaudelle
The river at Saint-Mars-du-Désert

The river at Saint-Mars-du-Désert

Data
Water code FR :  M0124000
location France , Pays de la Loire region
River system Loire
Drain over Sarthe  → Maine  → Loire  → Atlantic Ocean
source near the hamlet of La Retardière in the municipality of Izé
48 ° 13 ′ 9 ″  N , 0 ° 20 ′ 0 ″  W
Source height approx.  295  m
muzzle in the municipality of Saint-Georges-le-Gaultier in the Sarthe Coordinates: 48 ° 18 ′ 13 ″  N , 0 ° 4 ′ 13 ″  W 48 ° 18 ′ 13 ″  N , 0 ° 4 ′ 13 ″  W
Mouth height approx.  84  m
Height difference approx. 211 m
Bottom slope approx. 7 ‰
length 30 km
Catchment area approx. 93 km²

The Vaudelle is a river in France that runs in the Pays de la Loire region . It rises from a small reservoir near the hamlet of La Retardière in the municipality of Izé , drains generally from northeast to east, crosses the southern section of the Normandy-Maine Regional Nature Park in its lower reaches and flows into the municipality of Saint-Georges-le-Gaultier after a total of 30 kilometers as a right tributary into the Sarthe . On its way, the Vaudelle touches the departments of Mayenne and Sarthe .

Places on the river

(Order in flow direction)

Attractions

  • Château de Courceriers, castle from the 16th and 17th centuries on the river bank near Saint-Thomas-de-Courceriers - Monument historique
  • Manoir de Classé, 15th and 16th century mansion on the banks of the river in the municipality of Saint-Germain-de-Coulamer - Monument historique

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Source geoportail.gouv.fr
  2. ↑ estuary geoportail.gouv.fr
  3. ↑ a b Water information system Service d'Administration National des Données et Référentiels sur l'Eau (French) ( information ), accessed on December 1, 2016, rounded to full kilometers
  4. ↑ Château de Courceriers in the Base Mérimée of the French Ministry of Culture (French)
  5. ↑ Manoir de Classé in the Base Mérimée of the French Ministry of Culture (French)