Layon
River in France
47°03′47″N 00°29′06″W / 47.06306°N 0.48500°W / 47.06306; -0.48500 • location
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The Layon (French pronunciation: [lɛjɔ̃] ⓘ) is a 89.9 km (55.9 mi) long river in the Deux-Sèvres and Maine-et-Loire departments in western France.[1] 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.
Departments 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
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