The Clouère (french: la Clouère, ) is a river that flows through the west-central French

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Charente Charente (; Saintongese: ''Chérente''; oc, Charanta ) is a department in the administrative region of Nouvelle-Aquitaine, south western France. It is named after the river Charente, the most important and longest river in the department, an ...

and Vienne. Its source is at

Lessac Lessac () is a commune in the Charente department in southwestern France. About three kilometers north of the town center is the Domaine de Boisbuchet with the Château de Boisbuchet, built in 1865 on a hill above the Vienne. The castle and the ...

, from which it flows generally northwest. It is a

right tributary A tributary, or affluent, is a stream or river that flows into a larger stream or main stem (or parent) river or a lake. A tributary does not flow directly into a sea or ocean. Tributaries and the main stem river drain the surrounding drainage ...

of the Clain, into which it flows between Château-Larcher and Aslonnes.

Communes

Th Clouère flows through these communes, listed from source to mouth: *Charente:

*Vienne:

Availles-Limouzine Availles-Limouzine (; oc, Avalha Lemosina) is a commune in the west-central department of Vienne, in Nouvelle-Aquitaine. The river Clouère flows north-westward through the western part of the commune, then forms its northwestern border. The ri ...

Pressac Pressac () is a commune in the Vienne department in the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region in western France. Geography The Clouère forms the commune's north-eastern border. The Clain flows northward through the middle of the commune and crosses the v ...

Saint-Martin-l'Ars Saint-Martin-l'Ars is a commune in the Vienne department and Nouvelle-Aquitaine region of western France. Geography The Clouère flows north-northwest through the middle of the commune. The Clain flows northwest through the south-western part of ...

Usson-du-Poitou Usson-du-Poitou (, literally ''Usson of the Poitou'') is a commune in the Vienne department in the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region in western France. Geography The Clouère flows north through the middle of the commune and crosses the village. See als ...

Saint-Secondin Saint-Secondin is a commune in the Vienne department in the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region in western France. Geography The village lies in the middle of the commune, on the right bank of the Clouère, which flows northwest through the commune. See a ...

, Brion,

Saint-Maurice-la-Clouère Saint-Maurice-la-Clouère () is a commune in the Vienne department in the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region in western France. Geography The village lies on the right bank of the Clouère, which forms the commune's southwestern border. See also *Commun ...

Gençay Gençay () is a commune in the Vienne department in the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region in western France. The inhabitants are called ''Gencéens''. Geography The village lies on the left bank of the Clouère, which forms the commune's northern border ...

Marnay Marnay may refer to: __NOTOC__ Places France * Canton of Marnay, administrative division of the Haute-Saône department * Marnay, Haute-Saône, in the Haute-Saône department * Marnay, Saône-et-Loire, in the Saône-et-Loire department * Marnay, Vi ...

, Château-Larcher, Aslonnes

References

Rivers of France Rivers of Charente Rivers of Vienne Rivers of Nouvelle-Aquitaine {{France-river-stub