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Blanche (Loire-Atlantique)
The Blanche is a tributary of the left bank of the Acheneau and thus a sub-tributary of the Loire. Etymology The name, Blanche, meaning white in French, is thought to derive from the presence of white chalk in the water from the lime kilns around Arthon-en-Retz. Another hypothesis is that the name derives from the white mist over its related marshland. Geography La Blanche is located entirely in the Pays de Retz, south of the Loire in the department of Loire-Atlantique. It covers the municipalities of Chaumes-en-Retz ( Arthon-en-Retz and Chéméré), Saint-Hilaire-de-Chaléons, Cheix-en-Retz and Rouans. Hydrography The Blanche basin is bordered by the Acheneau basins to the north, the to the east, the Falleron to the south and the Canal de Haute Perche The Haute Perche Canal (french: Canal de Haute Perche), despite its title, is a natural river, the , that has been slightly canalised to improve navigation between its mouth in the Bay of Bourgneuf at the port town of P ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chéméré
Chéméré (; br, Keverieg) is a former commune in the Loire-Atlantique department in western France. On 1 January 2016, it was merged into the new commune of Chaumes-en-Retz Chaumes-en-Retz (, literally ''Chaumes in Pays de Retz, Retz''; br, Kalaved-Raez) is a Communes of France, commune in the Departments of France, department of Loire-Atlantique in western France. The municipality was established on 1 January 2016 .... 14 December 2015 See also * Communes of the Loire-Atlantique departmentReferences [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Arthon-en-Retz
Arthon-en-Retz (, literally ''Arthon in Retz''; br, Arzhon-Raez) is a former commune in the Loire-Atlantique department in western France. On 1 January 2016, it was merged into the new commune of Chaumes-en-Retz. 14 December 2015 Arthon-en-Retz is situated 10 km east of , 39 km west of and 41 south of . Population The inhabitants are called ''Arthonnais''.Personalities * < ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rivers Of Loire-Atlantique
A river is a natural flowing watercourse, usually freshwater, flowing towards an ocean, sea, lake or another river. In some cases, a river flows into the ground and becomes dry at the end of its course without reaching another body of water. Small rivers can be referred to using names such as creek, brook, rivulet, and rill. There are no official definitions for the generic term river as applied to geographic features, although in some countries or communities a stream is defined by its size. Many names for small rivers are specific to geographic location; examples are "run" in some parts of the United States, "burn" in Scotland and northeast England, and "beck" in northern England. Sometimes a river is defined as being larger than a creek, but not always: the language is vague. Rivers are part of the water cycle. Water generally collects in a river from precipitation through a drainage basin from surface runoff and other sources such as groundwater recharge, springs, an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cassini - Détail Chéméré
Cassini may refer to: People * Cassini (surname) * Oleg Cassini (1913-2006), American fashion designer :Cassini family: * Giovanni Domenico Cassini (1625–1712), Italian mathematician, astronomer, engineer, and astrologer * Jacques Cassini (1677–1756), French astronomer, son of Giovanni Domenico Cassini * César-François Cassini de Thury (1714–1784), French astronomer and cartographer, son of Jacques Cassini * Jean-Dominique, comte de Cassini (1748–1845), French astronomer, son of César-François Cassini de Thury * Alexandre Henri Gabriel de Cassini (1781–1832), French botanist and naturalist, son of Jean-Dominique de Cassini Planetary science * Cassini's laws on the motion of the Moon * Cassini Division, a gap in the rings of Saturn * ''Cassini–Huygens'', the space mission to examine Saturn and its moons, of which the ''Cassini'' orbiter was a part * Cassini (Martian crater) * Cassini (lunar crater) * 24101 Cassini, an asteroid * 24102 Jacquescassini, another ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Canal De Haute Perche
The Haute Perche Canal (french: Canal de Haute Perche), despite its title, is a natural river, the , that has been slightly canalised to improve navigation between its mouth in the Bay of Bourgneuf at the port town of Pornic and the upstream settlements of , Chauvé and Arthon-en-Retz. It is located in the Pays de Retz in the Loire-Atlantique department and the Pays de la Loire region. It has also been known as the ' since the 16th century and was sometimes called the '. Historically, it was called the ''Rouet'', after the wheels of the water mills in the port.. Etymology The is a village on the waterway between the towns of Arthon and Chauvé in the commune of Chaumes-en-Retz and was at times the navigable limit of the waterway. Geography The Canal de Haute Perche is located entirely in the Pays de Retz, south of the Loire in Loire-Atlantique. It extends over the municipalities of Pornic, Clion-sur-Mer, Chauvé and Chaumes-en-Retz. Hydrography The Haute Perche Canal drainage b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Falleron (river)
The Falleron is a French coastal river forming the boundary between the departments of Vendée and Loire-Atlantique and flowing into the Bay of Biscay and Atlantic Ocean via the Bay of Bourgneuf. Geography The Falleron is 52 km long, (in French.) from its source at an altitude of , in the town of Grand'Landes in the Vendée department flowing west to its mouth in the Bay of Bourgneuf at the . Hydrography The main tributaries of the Falleron upstream of Machecoul, from upstream to downstream are (), whose confluence on the right bank lies to the east of the eponymous town of Falleron and which marks the start of the boundary between Loire-Atlantique on the right bank and Vendée on the left. To the west of Falleron town () joins on the left bank. At Saint-Etienne-de-Mer-Morte the ( joins on the left bank and defines a further section of the departmental boundary. At Machecoul, the long ' ("Supply canal") or ' ("Irrigation canal"), constructed before the end of the 18th cen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rouans
Rouans (; br, Rodent) is a commune in the Loire-Atlantique department in western France. Population See also *Communes of the Loire-Atlantique department *Buzay Abbey Buzay Abbey, dedicated to Our Lady, was a Cistercian Abbey at Rouans in Pays de la Loire, France, formerly in Brittany, founded in 1135 and dissolved in 1790. History Bernard of Clairvaux founded the abbey at Buzay in 1135, at the request of ... References Communes of Loire-Atlantique Pornic Agglo Pays de Retz {{LoireAtlantique-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Saint-Hilaire-de-Chaléons
Saint-Hilaire-de-Chaléons (; br, Sant-Eler-Kaleon) is a commune in the Loire-Atlantique department in western France. Population Transport Saint-Hilaire-de-Chaléons station is served by train services between Pornic and Nantes. See also *Communes of the Loire-Atlantique department The following is a list of the 207 communes of the Loire-Atlantique department of France. The communes cooperate in the following intercommunalities (as of 2020):Sainthilairedechaleons Pornic Agglo Pays de Retz {{LoireAtlantique-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pays De Retz
The Pays de Retz (; br, Bro-Raez, link=no; ) is a historical subregion of France that currently forms part of the Loire-Atlantique department, but which previously formed part of the Duchy of Brittany. The area lies between the southern shore of the Loire estuary and the '' Marais breton'' (Breton marshlands), bordered to the west by the ''Baie de Bourgneuf'' (Bourgneuf Bay) and on the east by the ''Lac de Grand-Lieu'' (Grand-Lieu Lake) and a network of small rivers. Its main towns are Rezé (which was its capital and the see of a Catholic Diocese of Rezé from 510 to 851), Pornic, Paimbœuf and Machecoul (another historical capital city). History In the early 9th century the area formed part of Frankish territory, but was coveted by the Breton ruler Nominoe. Nominoe and his son Erispoe won a series of victories over the Franks between 843 and 851, resulting in the Treaty of Angers (851) between Charles the Bald and Erispoe, which gave "''Ratense''" or ''Pays de Retz' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
French Language
French ( or ) is a Romance language of the Indo-European family. It descended from the Vulgar Latin of the Roman Empire, as did all Romance languages. French evolved from Gallo-Romance, the Latin spoken in Gaul, and more specifically in Northern Gaul. Its closest relatives are the other langues d'oïl—languages historically spoken in northern France and in southern Belgium, which French (Francien) largely supplanted. French was also influenced by native Celtic languages of Northern Roman Gaul like Gallia Belgica and by the ( Germanic) Frankish language of the post-Roman Frankish invaders. Today, owing to France's past overseas expansion, there are numerous French-based creole languages, most notably Haitian Creole. A French-speaking person or nation may be referred to as Francophone in both English and French. French is an official language in 29 countries across multiple continents, most of which are members of the '' Organisation internationale de la Francopho ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
France
France (), officially the French Republic ( ), is a country primarily located in Western Europe. It also comprises of overseas regions and territories in the Americas and the Atlantic, Pacific and Indian Oceans. Its metropolitan area extends from the Rhine to the Atlantic Ocean and from the Mediterranean Sea to the English Channel and the North Sea; overseas territories include French Guiana in South America, Saint Pierre and Miquelon in the North Atlantic, the French West Indies, and many islands in Oceania and the Indian Ocean. Due to its several coastal territories, France has the largest exclusive economic zone in the world. France borders Belgium, Luxembourg, Germany, Switzerland, Monaco, Italy, Andorra, and Spain in continental Europe, as well as the Netherlands, Suriname, and Brazil in the Americas via its overseas territories in French Guiana and Saint Martin. Its eighteen integral regions (five of which are overseas) span a combined area of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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 Rhône. It rises in the southeastern quarter of the French Massif Central in the Cévennes range (in the department of Ardèche) at near Mont Gerbier de Jonc; it flows north through Nevers to Orléans, then west through Tours and Nantes until it reaches the Bay of Biscay (Atlantic Ocean) at Saint-Nazaire. Its main tributaries include the rivers Nièvre, Maine and the Erdre on its right bank, and the rivers Allier, Cher, Indre, Vienne, and the Sèvre Nantaise on the left bank. The Loire gives its name to six departments: Loire, Haute-Loire, Loire-Atlantique, Indre-et-Loire, Maine-et-Loire, and Saône-et-Loire. The lower-central swathe of its valley straddling the Pays de la Loire and Centre-Val de Loire regions was added t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
