Yon

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Yon
The Yon at La Roche-sur-Yon

The Yon at La Roche-sur-Yon

Data
Water code FR :  N34-0300
location France , Pays de la Loire region
River system Lay
Drain over Lay  → Atlantic Ocean
source in the municipality of Saint-Martin-des-Noyers,
46 ° 43 ′ 0 ″  N , 1 ° 15 ′ 10 ″  W
Source height approx.  100  m
muzzle near Noailles , in the municipality of Le Champ-Saint-Père , in the Lay coordinates: 46 ° 30 ′ 24 ″  N , 1 ° 17 ′ 28 ″  W 46 ° 30 ′ 24 ″  N , 1 ° 17 ′ 28 ″  W
Mouth height approx.  5  m
Height difference approx. 95 m
Bottom slope approx. 1.7 ‰
length 56 km
Reservoirs flowed through Barrage de Moulin Papon
Medium-sized cities La Roche-sur-Yon

The Yon is a river in France that runs in the Vendée department in the Pays de la Loire region . It rises in the municipality of Saint-Martin-des-Noyers , initially drains to the northwest, then turns to the south and flows into the Lay as a right tributary after a total of 56 kilometers at Noailles , in the municipality of Le Champ-Saint-Père .

Places on the river

Attractions

  • Stone slab bridge Pont de Pierre-Plate over the river at Dompierre-sur-Yon

Web links

Commons : Yon  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

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 Yon at SANDRE (French), accessed on February 25, 2010, rounded to full kilometers.