The Layon () is a long river in the
Deux-Sèvres
Deux-Sèvres (, Poitevin-Saintongese: ''Deùs Saevres'') is a French department. ''Deux-Sèvres'' literally means "two Sèvres": the Sèvre Nantaise and the Sèvre Niortaise are two rivers which have their sources in the department. It had a ...
and
Maine-et-Loire
Maine-et-Loire () is a department in the Loire Valley in the Pays de la Loire region in Western France. It is named after the two rivers, Maine and the Loire. It borders Mayenne and Sarthe to the north, Loire-Atlantique to the west, Indr ...
departments
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in western France.
Its source is near
Saint-Maurice-la-Fougereuse. It flows generally northwest. It is a
left tributary of the
Loire
The Loire ( , , ; ; ; ; ) 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 Rhône.
It rises in the so ...
, into which it flows near
Chalonnes-sur-Loire.
Departments and communes along its course
This list is ordered from source to mouth:
*Deux-Sèvres:
Saint-Maurice-la-Fougereuse,
Genneton
*Maine-et-Loire:
Cléré-sur-Layon,
Passavant-sur-Layon,
Nueil-sur-Layon,
Les Verchers-sur-Layon,
Concourson-sur-Layon,
Saint-Georges-sur-Layon,
Brigné,
Martigné-Briand,
Tigné,
Aubigné-sur-Layon,
Faveraye-Mâchelles,
Thouarcé,
Faye-d'Anjou,
Champ-sur-Layon,
Rablay-sur-Layon,
Chanzeaux,
Beaulieu-sur-Layon,
Saint-Lambert-du-Lattay,
Rochefort-sur-Loire,
Saint-Aubin-de-Luigné,
Chaudefonds-sur-Layon,
Chalonnes-sur-Loire
References
Rivers of France
Rivers of Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Rivers of Pays de la Loire
Rivers of Deux-Sèvres
Rivers of Maine-et-Loire
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