The Loue (; ) is a 51 km long river in the

Nouvelle-Aquitaine Nouvelle-Aquitaine () is the largest Regions of France, administrative region in France by area, spanning the west and southwest of Metropolitan France. The region was created in 2014 by the merging of Aquitaine, Limousin, and Poitou-Charentes ...

region of

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. It is a tributary of the Isle, itself a tributary of the

Dordogne Dordogne ( , or ; ; ) is a large rural departments of France, department in south west France, with its Prefectures in France, prefecture in Périgueux. Located in the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region roughly half-way between the Loire Valley and ...

. The source of the river is in the commune of Saint-Yrieix-la-Perche in the Massif Central. It runs through the

Haute-Vienne Haute-Vienne (; , ; Upper Vienne) is a département in the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region in southwest-central France. Named after the Vienne River, it is one of the twelve départements that together constitute Nouvelle-Aquitaine. The prefecture an ...

department, and empties into the Isle near Coulaures in the

department. Its main tributaries are the Haute Loue and the Ravillou.

Places

*Haute-Vienne: Saint-Yrieix-la-Perche *Dordogne: Excideuil, Coulaures

Hydrology

The mean annual discharge, measured at Saint-Médard-d'Excideuil, is 2.91 m3/s. The highest flow was measured during a flash flood on September 22, 1993: 111 m3/s (daily average).Banque Hydro - Station P6134010 - La Loue in Saint-Médard-d'Excideuil (Synthèse)

References

Rivers of France Rivers of Nouvelle-Aquitaine Rivers of Dordogne Rivers of Haute-Vienne {{France-river-stub