Layon
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Layon | |
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File:Layon rablay.jpg | |
Mouth | Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. |
Progression | Loire→ Atlantic Ocean |
Basin countries | France |
Length | 90.2 km (56.0 mi) |
Mouth elevation | 12 m (39 ft) |
The Layon (French: le Layon) is a 90.2 km (56.0 mi) long river in the Deux-Sèvres and Maine-et-Loire départements, western France. Its source is near Saint-Maurice-la-Fougereuse. It flows generally northwest. It is a left tributary of the Loire into which it flows near Chalonnes-sur-Loire.
Départements and communes along its course
This list is ordered from source to mouth:
- Deux-Sèvres: Saint-Maurice-la-Fougereuse, Genneton
- Maine-et-Loire: Cléré-sur-Layon, Passavant-sur-Layon, Nueil-sur-Layon, Les Verchers-sur-Layon, Concourson-sur-Layon, Saint-Georges-sur-Layon, Brigné, Martigné-Briand, Tigné, Aubigné-sur-Layon, Faveraye-Mâchelles, Thouarcé, Faye-d'Anjou, Champ-sur-Layon, Rablay-sur-Layon, Chanzeaux, Beaulieu-sur-Layon, Saint-Lambert-du-Lattay, Rochefort-sur-Loire, Saint-Aubin-de-Luigné, Chaudefonds-sur-Layon, Chalonnes-sur-Loire
Notes
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- This article is based on the equivalent article from the French Wikipedia, consulted on March 5th 2009.
References
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- Rivers of Maine-et-Loire
- Rivers of Pays de la Loire
- Rivers of Poitou-Charentes
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