The Aven () is a natural watercourse on the south coast of

Brittany Brittany ( ) is a peninsula, historical country and cultural area in the north-west of modern France, covering the western part of what was known as Armorica in Roman Gaul. It became an Kingdom of Brittany, independent kingdom and then a Duch ...

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. It is long. Its source is near Coray. It flows in a generally southerly direction through Rosporden and

Pont-Aven Pont-Aven (; in Breton) is a commune in the Finistère department in the Brittany region in Northwestern France. Demographics Inhabitants of Pont-Aven are called in French. Pont-Aven absorbed the former commune of Nizon in 1954, which had ...

before discharging into the

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at the seaside resort Port Manec'h, part of

Névez Névez (; ) is a Communes of France, commune in the Finistère Departments of France, department of Brittany (administrative region), Brittany, in north-western France. ''Nevez'' means "new" in Breton language, Breton. The name is thought to hav ...

Paul Gauguin Eugène Henri Paul Gauguin (; ; 7 June 1848 – 8 May 1903) was a French painter, sculptor, printmaker, ceramist, and writer, whose work has been primarily associated with the Post-Impressionist and Symbolist movements. He was also an influ ...

spent some of his life living in the town of

, where he enjoyed painting scenes by the river Aven. The waters of the river are rather rapidly flowing and are tidal up until the town of Pont-Aven. The water quality has been tested as slightly

alkaline In chemistry, an alkali (; from the Arabic word , ) is a basic salt of an alkali metal or an alkaline earth metal. An alkali can also be defined as a base that dissolves in water. A solution of a soluble base has a pH greater than 7.0. The ...

with a pH of 8.50 (at a location in Pont-Aven) where Gauguin was known to have painted his noted ''Lavenders'' (Lumina Tech, 2006). Summer water temperature has tested at 17.5 degrees Celsius and

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of the river tested to be .19 micro-siemens per centimetre. The waters are relatively clear with

Secchi disc The Secchi disk (or Secchi disc), as created in 1865 by Angelo Secchi, is a plain white, circular disk in diameter used to measure water transparency or turbidity in bodies of water. The disc is mounted on a pole or line and lowered slowly dow ...

tests at Pont-Aven yielding a measurement of 65 centimetres.

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Rivers of France Rivers of Brittany Rivers of Finistère 0Aven {{France-river-stub

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