The Vienne is a small river in

Normandy Normandy (; or ) is a geographical and cultural region in northwestern Europe, roughly coextensive with the historical Duchy of Normandy. Normandy comprises Normandy (administrative region), mainland Normandy (a part of France) and insular N ...

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, in length, It is a right tributary of the

Saâne The Saâne () is a river of Normandy, France, in length, flowing through the department of Seine-Maritime. Geography The Saâne has its source in the Pays de Caux in the territory of the hamlet of Varvannes, in the commune of Val-de-Saâne. Ta ...

flowing through the department of

Seine-Maritime Seine-Maritime () is a department of France in the Normandy region of northern France. It is situated on the northern coast of France, at the mouth of the Seine, and includes the cities of Rouen and Le Havre. Until 1955 it was named Seine-Inf� ...

Geography

The Vienne has its source in the

Pays de Caux The Pays de Caux (, , literally ''Land of Caux'') is an area in Normandy occupying the greater part of the French '' département'' of Seine Maritime in Normandy. It is a chalk plateau to the north of the Seine Estuary and extending to the cl ...

in the territory of the commune of

Beauval-en-Caux Beauval-en-Caux (, ) is a Communes of France, commune in the Seine-Maritime Departments of France, department in the Normandy (administrative region), Normandy Regions of France, region in northern France. Geography A farming village in the Pays ...

. Taking a northward journey, it flows through the communes of Saint-Mards, Lamberville,

Bacqueville-en-Caux Bacqueville-en-Caux (, literally ''Bacqueville in Pays de Caux, Caux'') is a Communes of France, commune in the Seine-Maritime Departments of France, department in the Normandy (administrative region), Normandy Regions of France, region in norther ...

, Hermanville,

Lammerville Lammerville () is a commune in the Seine-Maritime department in the Normandy region in northern France. Geography A farming village situated by the banks of the Vienne river in the Pays de Caux, some southwest of Dieppe at the junction of the ...

and

Thil-Manneville Thil-Manneville is a commune in the Seine-Maritime department in the Normandy region in north-western France. Geography A farming village situated by the banks of the river Vienne in the Pays de Caux, some southwest of Dieppe, at the junction ...

before joining the

Gueures Gueures () is a commune in the Seine-Maritime department in the Normandy region in northern France. Geography A farming village situated at the confluence of the Saâne and the Vienne rivers, in the Pays de Caux, some southwest of Dieppe at th ...

. Like most other rivers in the region, the Vienne is classified as a first class river, offering anglers the chance to catch

trout Trout (: trout) is a generic common name for numerous species of carnivorous freshwater ray-finned fishes belonging to the genera '' Oncorhynchus'', ''Salmo'' and ''Salvelinus'', all of which are members of the subfamily Salmoninae in the ...

and

salmon Salmon (; : salmon) are any of several list of commercially important fish species, commercially important species of euryhaline ray-finned fish from the genera ''Salmo'' and ''Oncorhynchus'' of the family (biology), family Salmonidae, native ...

Bibliography

* Albert Hennetier, ''Aux sources normandes: Promenade au fil des rivières en Seine-Maritime'', Ed. Bertout, Luneray, 2006

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