The Meu () is an long
river
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in the
Côtes-d'Armor
The Côtes-d'Armor (, ; ; br, Aodoù-an-Arvor, ), formerly known as Côtes-du-Nord ( br, Aodoù-an-Hanternoz, link=no, ), are a department in the north of Brittany, in northwestern France. In 2019, it had a population of 600,582. and
Ille-et-Vilaine
Ille-et-Vilaine (; br, Il-ha-Gwilen) is a department of France, located in the region of Brittany in the northwest of the country. It is named after the two rivers of the Ille and the Vilaine. It had a population of 1,079,498 in 2019. ''
départements'', north western
France
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.
Its source is at
Saint-Vran, west of the village. It flows generally southeast. It is a
right tributary
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of the
Vilaine
The Vilaine (; br, Gwilen) is a river in Brittany, in the west of France. The river's source is in the Mayenne ''département'' (53), and it flows out into the Atlantic Ocean at Pénestin in the Morbihan ''département'' (56). It is 218 km ...
into which it flows at
Goven, northeast of the village.
''Départements'' and communes along its course
This list is ordered from source to mouth:
* Côtes-d'Armor: Saint-Vran,
Mérillac
Mérillac (; br, Merelieg) is a commune in the Côtes-d'Armor department of Brittany in northwestern France.
Geography
The Meu forms part of the commune's southern border.
The Rance
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Places
* Rance (river), northwestern ...
,
Merdrignac
Merdrignac (; ) is a commune in the Côtes-d'Armor department of Brittany in northwestern France.
Geography
The River Meu forms most of the commune's northern border.
Climate
Merdrignac has a oceanic climate (Köppen climate classification ''Cf ...
,