Vienne (river)

Vienne
Data
Water code	FR :  L --- 0060
location	France , Nouvelle-Aquitaine and Center-Val de Loire regions
River system	Loire
Drain over	Loire  → Atlantic Ocean
source	on the Plateau de Millevaches , in the municipality of Millevaches 45 ° 39 ′ 44 ″  N , 2 ° 5 ′ 34 ″  E
Source height	approx.  880  m
muzzle	at Candes-Saint-Martin in the Loire Coordinates: 47 ° 12 '24 "  N , 0 ° 5' 3"  E 47 ° 12 '24 "  N , 0 ° 5' 3"  E
Mouth height	approx.  33  m
Height difference	approx. 847 m
Bottom slope	approx. 2.3 ‰
length	363 km
Catchment area	21,161 km²
Left tributaries	see table tributaries
Right tributaries	see table tributaries
Big cities	Limoges
Medium-sized cities	Châtellerault
Small towns	Aixe-sur-Vienne , Saint-Junien , Chauvigny , Chinon
The confluence of the Vienne (in the foreground) into the Loire

The Vienne is a river in France . It has its source in the Massif Central , on the Plateau de Millevaches in the Millevaches en Limousin Regional Nature Park . Their sources are in the municipality of Millevaches , southwest of the town of Audouze , at an altitude of about 880 meters, on the northeast flank of the Puy Lacaux . The Vienne first drains west, then turns north and after 363 kilometers flows into the Loire-Anjou-Touraine Regional Nature Park at Candes-Saint-Martin at around 203 m³ / s as a left tributary into the Loire .

The Civaux nuclear power plant is located on the Vienne .

Crossed departments

Region Nouvelle-Aquitaine :

• department Corrèze
• department Creuse
• Département Haute-Vienne (named after the river)
• department Charente
• Département Vienne (named after the river)

Region Center-Val de Loire :

• Department Indre-et-Loire

Places on the river

In the Corrèze department:

• Peyrelevade

In the Haute-Vienne department:

• Rempnat
• Eymoutiers
• Saint-Léonard-de-Noblat
• Limoges
• Aixe-sur-Vienne
• Saint-Junien

In the Charente department:

• Confolens

In the Vienne department:

• Chauvigny
• Châtellerault

In the Indre-et-Loire department:

• Quinone
• Candes-Saint-Martin

Tributaries

(Order from source to mouth)

Left tributaries: Ribière Combade Briance Aixette Gorre Grêne Dive Clain Envigne Veude Negro

Right tributaries: Maulde Taurion Aurence Glane Goire Issoire Grande Blourde Petite blourde ozone Creuse Manse

Web links

Commons : River Vienne  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

1. ↑ http://millevachesaucoeur.com/index.php?menu=gauche&rub=7&sourub=0&page=8
2. ↑ ^{a b} geoportail.gouv.fr (1: 16,000)
3. ↑ ^{a b c} The information on the length of the river is based on the information about the Vienne from SANDRE (French), accessed on November 17, 2011, rounded to full kilometers.