The Colmont () is a long
river
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in western
France
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located in the departments of
Orne
Orne (; nrf, Ôrne or ) is a département in the northwest of France, named after the river Orne. It had a population of 279,942 in 2019.[Manche
Manche (, ) is a coastal French département in Normandy, on the English Channel, which is known as ''La Manche'', literally "the sleeve", in French. It had a population of 495,045 in 2019.][Normandy
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) and
Mayenne
Mayenne () is a landlocked department in northwest France named after the river Mayenne. Mayenne is part of the administrative region of Pays de la Loire and is surrounded by the departments of Manche, Orne, Sarthe, Maine-et-Loire, and Ille-e ...
(
Pays de la Loire
Pays de la Loire (; ; br, Broioù al Liger) is one of the 18 regions of France, in the west of the mainland. It was created in the 1950s to serve as a zone of influence for its capital, Nantes, one of a handful of "balancing metropolises" ().
...
). It is a tributary of the river
Mayenne
Mayenne () is a landlocked department in northwest France named after the river Mayenne. Mayenne is part of the administrative region of Pays de la Loire and is surrounded by the departments of Manche, Orne, Sarthe, Maine-et-Loire, and Ille-e ...
on the right side, and so is a sub-tributary of 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 ...
by Mayenne and Maine.
It flows into the Mayenne near
Saint-Loup-du-Gast
Saint-Loup-du-Gast is a commune in the Mayenne department
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. Its longest tributary is the
Ourde (11 km).
[ The largest town on the Colmont is ]Gorron
Gorron () is a commune in the Mayenne department in north-western France.
It has a twin town in the UK, Hayling Island, as well as a twin town in Germany, Schwaikheim. There are a range of shops and services to be found in Gorron. The river C ...
.
References
Rivers of France
Rivers of Manche
Rivers of Mayenne
Rivers of Orne
Rivers of Normandy
Rivers of Pays de la Loire
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