The Erdre (; br, Erzh) is a long river in western France, right tributary to the
Loire
The Loire (, also ; ; oc, Léger, ; la, Liger) is the longest river in France and the 171st longest in the world. With a length of , it drains , more than a fifth of France's land, while its average discharge is only half that of the Rhôn ...
.
Its source is in the
Maine-et-Loire
Maine-et-Loire () is a department in the Loire Valley in the Pays de la Loire region in Western France. It is named after the two rivers, Maine and the Loire. It borders Mayenne and Sarthe to the north, Loire-Atlantique to the west, Indre-et ...
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department'', near
La Pouëze
La Pouëze () is a former commune in the Maine-et-Loire department in western France. On 28 December 2015, it was merged into the new commune Erdre-en-Anjou.Maine-et-Loire
Maine-et-Loire () is a department in the Loire Valley in the Pays de la Loire region in Western France. It is named after the two rivers, Maine and the Loire. It borders Mayenne and Sarthe to the north, Loire-Atlantique to the west, Indre-et ...
and
Loire-Atlantique
Loire-Atlantique (; br, Liger-Atlantel; before 1957: ''Loire-Inférieure'', br, Liger-Izelañ, link=no) is a department in Pays de la Loire on the west coast of France, named after the river Loire and the Atlantic Ocean. It had a population ...
. The Erdre meets the
Loire
The Loire (, also ; ; oc, Léger, ; la, Liger) is the longest river in France and the 171st longest in the world. With a length of , it drains , more than a fifth of France's land, while its average discharge is only half that of the Rhôn ...
in the city of
Nantes
Nantes (, , ; Gallo: or ; ) is a city in Loire-Atlantique on the Loire, from the Atlantic coast. The city is the sixth largest in France, with a population of 314,138 in Nantes proper and a metropolitan area of nearly 1 million inhabita ...
. Other towns on the Erdre, going downstream, are
Candé
Candé () is a commune in the Maine-et-Loire department in western France.
History
In the 11th century the village became an important military site for Anjou under baron Rorgon de Candé, at Fort-Castle of Candé.
Candé was noted in 2000-2 ...
,
Riaillé
Riaillé (; br, Rialeg) is a commune in the Loire-Atlantique department in western France.
Population
See also
*Communes of the Loire-Atlantique department
The following is a list of the 207 communes of the Loire-Atlantique department of ...
,
Nort-sur-Erdre
Nort-sur-Erdre (, literally ''Nort on Erdre''; br, Enorzh) is a commune in the Loire-Atlantique department in western France. It is on the river Erdre north of Nantes.
Population
See also
*Communes of the Loire-Atlantique department
The fol ...
and
Sucé-sur-Erdre
Sucé-sur-Erdre (, literally ''Sucé on Erdre''; br, Sulieg) is a commune in the Loire-Atlantique department in western France.
Its name comes from the Latin ''sulcus'', meaning "furrow", and the Celtic ''erdam'', meaning "small river".
Sucà ...
.
South of Nort-sur-Erdre, the river flows through reclaimed marshland, and is up to a kilometer wide at the Plaine de Mazerolles near Sucé-sur-Erdre. At the Plaine de la Poupiniere, the
Nantes-Brest canal joins the Erdre.
The Erdre flows into the Loire via the under Rue Henri IV, emerging near the main railway station. Its former course is a main road and shopping area, the Cours des Cinquante Otages.
References
External links
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Rivers of France
Rivers of Pays de la Loire
Rivers of Maine-et-Loire
Rivers of Loire-Atlantique
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