The Clouère (, ) is a river that flows through the west-central French
departments
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* Departmentalization, division of a larger organization into parts with specific responsibility
Government and military
* Department (administrative division), a geographical and administrative division within a country, ...
of
Charente
Charente (; Saintongese: ''Chérente''; ) is a department in the administrative region of Nouvelle-Aquitaine, southwestern France. It is named after the river Charente, the most important and longest river in the department, and also the r ...
and
Vienne.
Its source is at
Lessac, from which it flows generally northwest. It is a
right tributary
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of the
Clain
The Clain (; ) is a long river in western France, a left tributary of the river Vienne. Its source is near Hiesse, Charente.
The Clain flows generally north, through the following departments and towns:
*Charente
* Vienne: Pressac, Vivon ...
, into which it flows between
Château-Larcher and
Aslonnes.
Communes
Th Clouère flows through these communes, listed from source to mouth:
*Charente:
Lessac
*Vienne:
Availles-Limouzine,
Pressac,
Saint-Martin-l'Ars,
Usson-du-Poitou,
Saint-Secondin,
Brion,
Saint-Maurice-la-Clouère,
Gençay,
Marnay,
Château-Larcher,
Aslonnes
References
Rivers of France
Rivers of Charente
Rivers of Vienne (department)
Rivers of Nouvelle-Aquitaine
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