Veude (Vienne)

Veude
The river at Rivière
Data
Water code	FR :  L71-0300
location	France , Nouvelle-Aquitaine and Center-Val de Loire regions
River system	Loire
Drain over	Vienne  → Loire  → Atlantic Ocean
source	in the municipality of Thuré 46 ° 50 ′ 22 ″  N , 0 ° 25 ′ 25 ″  E
Source height	approx.  150  m
muzzle	at Rivière in the Vienne coordinates: 47 ° 8 ′ 42 "  N , 0 ° 17 ′ 24"  E 47 ° 8 ′ 42 "  N , 0 ° 17 ′ 24"  E
Mouth height	approx.  30  m
Height difference	approx. 120 m
Bottom slope	approx. 2.9 ‰
length	42 km
Catchment area	439 km²
Left tributaries	Mable

The Veude is a tributary of the Vienne that runs through the Nouvelle-Aquitaine and Center-Val de Loire regions of France .

In the same canton of Chinon as them, a noticeably smaller Veude flows into the Indre .

course

It rises in the municipality of Thuré , generally drains north to northwest, reaches the Loire-Anjou-Touraine Regional Nature Park and flows 42 kilometers from the left into the Vienne at Rivière . On its way, the Veude crosses the Vienne and Indre-et-Loire departments .

Places on the river

• Saint-Gervais-les-Trois-Clochers
• Jaulnay
• Richelieu
• Chaveignes
• Champigny-sur-Veude
• Rivière

Attractions

• City of Richelieu : Walled city built in the 17th century by order of Cardinal Richelieu with a rectangular, completely symmetrical floor plan
• Champigny Castle in Champigny-sur-Veude

Remarks

1. ↑ ^{a b} geoportail.fr (1: 16,000)
2. ↑ ^{a b c} The information on the length of the river is based on the information about the Veude from SANDRE (French), accessed on November 17, 2011, rounded to the nearest kilometer.