Vicoin

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Vicoin
Data
Water code FR :  M3504000
location France , Pays de la Loire region
River system Loire
Drain over Mayenne  → Maine  → Loire  → Atlantic Ocean
source on the municipal boundary of Saint-Hilaire-du-Maine and Le Bourgneuf-la-Forêt
48 ° 11 ′ 29 ″  N , 0 ° 57 ′ 14 ″  W
Source height approx.  180  m
muzzle on the municipal boundary of Nuillé-sur-Vicoin and Origné in the Mayenne coordinates: 47 ° 58 ′ 53 ″  N , 0 ° 43 ′ 48 ″  W 47 ° 58 ′ 53 ″  N , 0 ° 43 ′ 48 ″  W
Mouth height approx.  36  m
Height difference approx. 144 m
Bottom slope approx. 3.1 ‰
length 47 km
Right tributaries Petit Vicoin (also: Ruisseau de la Grande Vacherie )
Reservoirs flowed through Etang de la Chaine, Etang de la Forge
Small towns Saint-Berthevin

The Vicoin is a river in France that runs in the Mayenne department in the Pays de la Loire region . It rises near La Templerie , on the municipal boundary of Saint-Hilaire-du-Maine and Le Bourgneuf-la-Forêt . At first it flows in a generally south-westerly direction, but then turns south-east to south, passes just outside the departmental capital Laval and, after a total of 47 kilometers, flows into the Mayenne as a right tributary at the border between Nuillé-sur-Vicoin and Origné .

Places on the river

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b geoportail.fr (1: 16,000)
  2. ↑ a b The information on the length of the river is based on the information about the Vicoin at SANDRE (French), accessed on December 3, 2010, rounded to full kilometers.