Vendage

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Vendage
Data
Water code FRK2424000
location France , Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region
River system Loire
Drain over Allier  → Loire  → Atlantic Ocean
source in the municipality of Saint-Just-près-Brioude
45 ° 14 ′ 2 ″  N , 3 ° 16 ′ 13 ″  E
Source height approx.  877  m
muzzle on the municipal boundary of Auzon and Vergongheon in the Allier Coordinates: 45 ° 22 ′ 5 ″  N , 3 ° 21 ′ 41 ″  E 45 ° 22 ′ 5 ″  N , 3 ° 21 ′ 41 ″  E
Mouth height approx.  403  m
Height difference approx. 474 m
Bottom slope approx. 24 ‰
length approx. 20 km

The Vendage is a river in France that runs in the Haute-Loire department in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region . It rises in the western municipality of Saint-Just-près-Brioude , generally drains in a north-easterly direction and flows into the Allier as a left tributary after around 20 kilometers at the municipal boundary of Auzon and Vergongheon . The estuary is on the edge of the Livradois-Forez Regional Nature Park , in a wetland on the Allier River, where the water disappears in parts into the swampy subsoil.

Places on the river

(Order in flow direction)

Individual evidence

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