The Lay () is a river in the
Vendée ''
département'', western France.
Its source is at
Saint-Pierre-du-Chemin and it flows generally southwest. It flows into the
Bay of Biscay between
La Faute-sur-Mer and
L'Aiguillon-sur-Mer, northwest of
La Rochelle
La Rochelle (, , ; Poitevin-Saintongeais: ''La Rochéle'') is a city on the west coast of France and a seaport on the Bay of Biscay, a part of the Atlantic Ocean. It is the capital of the Charente-Maritime Departments of France, department. Wi ...
.
Its main tributaries are the
Yon and the
Smagne.
Communes along its course
This list is ordered from source to mouth:
*Vendée:
Saint-Pierre-du-Chemin,
Menomblet,
Réaumur,
Montournais,
La Meilleraie-Tillay,
Pouzauges,
Le Boupère,
Monsireigne,
Saint-Prouant,
Sigournais,
Bazoges-en-Pareds,
Chantonnay,
La Réorthe,
Bournezeau,
Sainte-Hermine,
Sainte-Pexine,
Moutiers-sur-le-Lay
Moutiers-sur-le-Lay (, literally ''Moutiers on the Lay'') is a commune in the Vendée department in the Pays de la Loire region in western France.
Geography
The village lies on the left bank of the river Lay, which flows southwestward throu ...
,
Bessay,
Mareuil-sur-Lay-Dissais,
La Couture,
Péault,
La Bretonnière-la-Claye,
Rosnay,
Le Champ-Saint-Père,
Saint-Vincent-sur-Graon,
Saint-Cyr-en-Talmondais,
Curzon,
Lairoux,
Saint-Benoist-sur-Mer,
Grues,
Angles,
La Faute-sur-Mer,
L'Aiguillon-sur-Mer,
References
0Lay
Rivers of France
Rivers of Vendée
Rivers of Pays de la Loire
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